#MeToo hits Jeetu: Actor accused of assault after 47 years

The complainant said the actor, whose actual name is Ravi Kapoor, is her aunt’s son. In her complaint to the Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, she said the incident took place in Shimla in January, 1971, when she was 18 and the actor was 28. She said he had “arranged” for the victim to join him from Delhi to Shimla on the sets of a film.

She alleged in the complaint that after reaching Shimla at night, an inebriated Jeetendra went to her room, joined two twin beds and sexually assaulted her. The actor denied that any such incident had taken place.

Police sources said an FIR had not been registered as the complaint had been emailed to the DGP. For the registration of an FIR, the signature was necessary, police sources added.