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TV actor Pearl Puri held for raping minor girl
Pearl Puri has been remanded to police custody.
MUMBAI: TV series 'Naagin 3' fame Pearl Puri (31) was arrested on Friday by Valiv police in Vasai (east) on charges of raping a minor girl.
He has been remanded to police custody and booked for rape and under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) DCP, Zone 2, Sanjay Patil.
Police said that it is an old case in which a minor girl had alleged that Puri had taken sexual favours from her by promising her a career in TV serials.
Puri who has been acting in television serials for over nine years had befriended the girl, said the police.
He has been remanded to police custody.
He has been remanded to police custody and booked for rape and under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, said Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar (MBVV) DCP, Zone 2, Sanjay Patil.
Police said that it is an old case in which a minor girl had alleged that Puri had taken sexual favours from her by promising her a career in TV serials.
Puri who has been acting in television serials for over nine years had befriended the girl, said the police.
He has been remanded to police custody.
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