Mumbai Police today arrested a driver for allegedly masturbating in front of a notable Marathi actress Chinmayee Surve-Raghavan, news agency ANI reported.
Popular actor Sumeet Raghavan, Ms Chinmayee’s husband, registered an FIR with Vile Parle Police and the Mumbai Traffic Police following the alleged incident. Sumeet Raghavan, who is popular for playing the role of Sahil Sarabhai, sought help to trace the culprit who was in a white BMW with the last four registration digits as 1985, IANS reported.
“The driver wearing a grey safari who had parked near the Parle Tilak Vidyalaya School in Vile Parle east got off his car and started masturbating in front of my wife. Before she could slap him, he escaped. She could note down just the last four digits,” he posted on Facebook and Twitter.
The Sarabhai vs Sarabhai actor also confirmed the arrest on Twitter saying the arrest was made in two hours, after filing the complaint at 4:15 pm.
“Yes, we have detained the 42-year old driver of the vehicle, identified as Jivan Choudhary and further investigations are underway,” Vile Parle police chief, Senior Police Inspector Laxman Chawan told IANS.
While Sumeet Raghavan has featured in several Marathi and Hindi films and teleserials in the past 35 years, Chinmayee is also an acclaimed Marathi theatre, tv and film actress.