Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar

Several years after the case was first lodged against him, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has now been cleared of all rape charges made against him by actress Preeti Jain. Here’s what happened.

Preeti Jain (photo courtesy | santabanta.com)
Preeti Jain (photo courtesy | santabanta.com)

Preeti Jain says that Madhur raped her 16 times between 1999 and 2004 with the claims that he would cast her in one of his films. The case was first filed against him in 2004, and while a police investigation supported Bhandarkar, the decision has been made only now, nine years later. Bhandarkar claimed that the probe was not properly conducted, since only Preeti Jain’s statements were taken on record by the court. Finally, Preeti Jain herself withdrew the case, claiming that she was no longer interested in pursuing it, since it had been dragging for the past nine years.