Nana Patekar denies Tanushree Dutta's sexual harassment allegations
Mumbai, Oct 6: Nana Patekar Saturday denied he misbehaved with actor Tanushree Dutta on the sets of a 2008 film, calling her claims a "lie".
In a recent TV interview, Dutta alleged Patekar misbehaved with her when the two were shooting a special song for "Horn Ok Pleassss" 10 years ago.
Patekar, who was shooting for upcoming film "Housefull 4" in Jodhpur, landed here Saturday.
"I said this ten years ago... a lie is a lie (Dus saal pehle bol chuka hoon, ab jo jhoot hai woh jhoot hai')," Patekar told reporters here at the airport. The actor was surrounded by officials as he exited the airport.
At the Jodhpur airport, when reporters asked Patekar about the allegations and maintaining silence over it, he chose not to answer any query.
When asked about addressing the media in detail, Patekar said, "It will happen". The 67-year-old actor is likely to hold a press conference on October 8.
Patekar's lawyer has sent a legal notice to Dutta.
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Subrata Gupta, EC's special observer for SIR, appointed West Bengal CM's advisor
Kolkata (PTI): Retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed the advisor to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, according to a notification.
Gupta, an officer of the 1990 batch, was engaged by the Election Commission in November last year as the Special Roll Observer for the SIR exercise, held prior to the recently-concluded assembly elections.
"Gupta's vast experience is expected to help the new administration in policy coordination and governance-related matters," an official said.
The new BJP government also appointed IAS officer Shantanu Bala as the chief minister's private secretary, according to another notification.
Bala, an officer of the 2017 batch, was the additional district magistrate of South 24 Parganas in his last assignment.
"His appointment is part of the restructuring of the Chief Minister's Office following the change in government," another official said.
Both officers have been asked to take charge of their new assignments immediately, according to the notifications.
The government also transferred 46 WBCS (Executive) officers, who had been posted as private secretaries and officers on special duty (OSDs) to ministers in the TMC dispensation.
The government also reassigned 16 officers posted in the Chief Minister's Office.
