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Tanushree Dutta has received two legal notices in response to her sexual harassment claims against her Horn Ok Pleassss co-star Nana Patekar and Chocolate director Vivek Agnihotri.

Dutta said in a statement “I have been slapped with two legal notices today. One from Nana Patekar and another from Vivek Agnihotri. This is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment, humiliation and injustice in India.”

The actor had also accused Agnihotri of misbehaving with her on the set of film Chocolate (2005). Reportedly, she is being targeted by both men.

"Both Nana and Vivek Agnihotri’s teams are on a smear campaign against me by constructing outright lies and misinformation on social media platforms and other public platforms. Their supporters are coming ahead and weaving damming allegations against me even shouting at the top of their voices at press conferences.”

However, Agnihotri issued a statement calling her claims 'false, frivolous, vexatious.'

The actor added that two men even tried to break into her house. “Today while I was at home and the police personnel posted outside my home were on a lunch break, two suspicious individuals tried getting into our home uninvited but were stopped just in time by security personnel in the building.”

“Later the police came back from their break and secured the premises again. Violent threats are being issued against me by the MNS party. I’m being threatened to be dragged into the court and legal system of India which we all know can keep a woman and her supporters as well as media silent on the pretext of “matter subjudice” but can also further be used to harass her and drain her out financially.”

She also called out India's justice system.

“‘Tareek pe Tareek pe tareek’ and the dawn of justice never arrives and her whole life goes waste awaiting justice while witnesses are intimidated, discredited or simply drained of their will to stand up. False witnesses supporting perpetrators conjured up to further weaken her case. Court cases can run for decades without a hope for a conclusion. At the end, an empty shell remains, broken hopes. A life wasted, defeated. This is the age-old saga of survivors in our nation. I walked away once from the same environment that was created for me 10 years ago.”

“Found God, found my healing, found my peace and a new life in the United States of America. And now I stand to lose this new life too if I allow myself to get embroiled in the court system of India. And you wanted to know why the MeToo movement hasn’t happened in India…This is why…”

Dutta has received support from celebs in Bollywood after she came out with her MeToo story.