Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal shared screenshots of the rape threats she has been receiving ever since she sought ouster of filmmaker Sajid from Bigg Boss 16.
A couple of days ago Maliwal had written a letter to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur requesting the removal of filmmaker Sajid Khan from TV show over allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by several women during the #MeToo movement.
“Ever since I wrote a letter to the I&B minister to get #SajidKhan out of Bigg Boss, I have been receiving rape threats on Instagram. Obviously, they want to stop this. I am filing a complaint with Delhi Police. Register FIR and investigate. Arrest those who are behind this!” she said roughly in Hindi.
Major controversy ensued ever since induction decision of Khan on Bigg Boss show as several women had brought sexual harassment charges against him. In a series of tweets, Maliwal expressed her angst over Khan becoming one of the contestants of the show.
Tweeting in Hindi, Maliwal wrote, “Ten women had accused Sajid Khan of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement. All these complaints show the disgusting mentality of Sajid. Now, this man has been given a place in Bigg Boss, which is wrong. I have written to @ianuragthakur to have Sajid Khan removed from this show.”
According to the DCW chief, the allegations against Khan are “extremely serious in nature” and required thorough investigation while demanding ouster of the filmmaker. In a letter to I&B Minister she wrote “Under no circumstances such alleged sexual offenders should be promoted on national television and OTT platforms.”
She underscored that proving a platform like Bigg Boss gives Sajid Khan an undue opportunity to whitewash his wrongs and be re-launched among Indian audiences.
It is to be noted that Khan was suspended for a year by the Indian Film and Television Directors Association four years ago after allegations of misconduct started to surface online. He was also replaced by filmmaker Farhad Samji for Housefull 4.
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