Actor-director Mahesh Manjrekar has been charged for slapping and abusing a man in Pune. The police officials said that incident took place when the complainant’s car hit Manjrekar’s vehicle in Pune.
The incident took place on Friday night near Yavat village on Pune-Solapur highway after which the police had filed a non-cognizable offence against the actor.
Kailas Satpute, the complainant alleged that his vehicle hit Manjrekar’s car from behind because the filmmaker applied sudden brakes and after that, the actor walked out from his car and both of them had an ugly argument. Following the argument, Manjrekar reportedly slapped and abused him.
After the incident, the man lodged a complaint on Manjrekar and the police filed a non-cognizable offence under relevant Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections of 323 (Voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (Intentional insult).
Mahesh Manjrekar, 62 who was last seen in a Marathi film Kesari which was released in 2020.
Manjrekar has been part of many successful hits like Vaastav, Dabangg, Astitva and has also won National Film Award. Apart from acting, he has directed movies like Kurukshetra, Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hai, and many others.