TV executive producer gets 7 years for raping actor

Mumbai: A sessions court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a TV executive producer to seven years imprisonment for raping an actor who worked on the sets of a serial. Mukesh Mishra (33) was booked in 2013. The woman told court that she had an eight-year old daughter. She said he was in-charge of scheduling on sets and had told her to come for shooting at 7.30 am in Jogeshwari on December 2, 2012.
She said he told her a bus would pick her up but instead he came.When they reached the sets, and she was in the make-up room, she said he locked it and raped her. She said he threatened to kill her daughter when she resisted. She told her husband only about the harassment but did not disclose details. Her husband complained to her producer, who sacked the accused. The woman said she lodged a complaint only in January 2013, after he threatened to destroy her reputation and told her husband about the rape.
The woman, who deposed in court and identified the accused, said she did not report the matter earlier as she feared her career and reputation would be destroyed. She told the court that she feared for her daughter’s safety too. Her husband too deposed.
The accused was also found guilty of criminal intimidation.