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Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya says "fat and ugly" women are blaming men, denies sexual harassment allegations

Singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya says "fat and ugly" women are blaming men, denies sexual harassment allegations

A former flight attendant has accused him of sexually harassing her at a Kolkata pub in 1998
10 Oct, 2018

The latest Bollywood personality to be accused of sexual misconduct is singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya.

A former flight attendant has accused him of sexually harassing her at a Kolkata pub in 1998; she shared that Abhijeet grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer after she already refused to dance with him.

She further added that her saying no angered him and he screamed in her ear, “B***h, what do you think of yourself, wait till I teach you a lesson,” before almost kissing and nibbling her ear.

Bhattacharya has denied the allegations in a statement to DNA India, stating "I’ve never visited a discotheque or a pub in my life, so she is blatant lying" before, according to the publication, proceeding to abuse the woman.

It gets worse; in an interview with Indian Express, he said that most of the people coming forward right now want publicity and "are dirty ugly people."

"I have never gone to pubs in my life. You’ll never find me at any page 3 or filmy parties. My name sells. If someone’s benefiting from it, good. Sometimes earning their bread and butter with my name, it’s fine,” he added.

"Koi mota hai, koi patla hai. No one deserves (the attention). Just to grab some attention they are coming out. Most of the fat and ugly girls are blaming and I wasn’t born at that time. I don’t know against whom should I take action. Why should I give attention to that person? You are giving it importance, not me."

For the uninitiated, this isn't the first time Bhattacharya has been violent towards a woman; he has gotten into trouble multiple times for abusing women and in 2015, the Indian police had booked the singer for allegedly molesting a 34-year-old woman.

Comments

Shah Oct 10, 2018 03:29pm
Abhijeet is known for his aggressive behavior. I remember him being all pumped up against Pakistani artists too.
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M. Emad Oct 10, 2018 03:40pm
"fat and ugly" women !!
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Observer Canada Oct 10, 2018 04:16pm
#Meetoo is helping expose such predators in the society.
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Harmony-1© Oct 10, 2018 04:20pm
An outright misogynist outburst after getting blamed. Goes to show you how right the poor victim is.
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SivaD Oct 10, 2018 04:27pm
Abhijeet is an insensitive and uncouth man. Now, it is clear that he is also a creep!
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Alok Oct 10, 2018 04:38pm
Wow. What a misogynist.
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RUMI Oct 10, 2018 04:45pm
So if the woman is fat and ugly she can be harassed and there will not be any suspicion . Honesty of the accusation has to be decided on the basis of the accused look. I can't believe someone can even make such a statement.
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Babu Oct 10, 2018 04:48pm
Abhijeet must be punished, baring entry for one month in a hotel is no punishment for him. It means that the incidence is proven and he should be taken to court.
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Jamil Soomro, New York City Oct 10, 2018 07:34pm
Now that this guy has been singled out by the women for sexual harassment who have been violated he is calling them fat and ugly.Not that fast who do you think you are,Dilip Kumar?
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Harmony-1© Oct 10, 2018 07:50pm
@RUMI - For the first time you said something good. Have an uptick.
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jacky Oct 10, 2018 07:59pm
@Babu so now u will decide the punishment?
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N abidai Oct 10, 2018 08:15pm
This man does not deserve media coverage !
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Saul Goodman Oct 10, 2018 08:42pm
@Shah - Most people in India support his stance on Pakistani artists.
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Hamid Ali Oct 10, 2018 08:54pm
This is not how you prove your innocence. This exactly how you show that you are a scoundrel of first order.
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Melkor Oct 10, 2018 11:57pm
The idiots name doesn't sell.
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Changez Khan Oct 11, 2018 01:48am
Now this is funny ... only fat and ugly are the accusers.
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QN Oct 11, 2018 02:12am
Has he seen himself in a mirror before calling someone ugly?
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JA-Australia Oct 11, 2018 02:32am
Reminds me when Trump said about his accuser, Natashs Stoynoff, "Look at her ... I don't think so".
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shubs Oct 11, 2018 04:02am
Abhijeet is a tool who never really recovered from the fact that the music landscape has changed around him, and that he was outclassed in every way by young gifted singers who relied on their talents and hardwork and not on sycophancy to get work. He is a semi-literate motor-mouth with who should have been thrown out of the industry long ago.
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Illawarrrior Oct 11, 2018 06:26am
All women are entitled to speak out, regardless of weight or attractiveness.
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Sachin Oct 11, 2018 07:15am
This guys is known to be a jerk manytimes in the filmi circles.
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Sachin Oct 11, 2018 07:16am
Shame Abhijeet . Shame on you.
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Must learn Oct 11, 2018 09:34am
This man is not a singer, he’s a stinger. Don’t listen to him.
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yogi Oct 11, 2018 11:17am
He is a deranged known PREDATOR
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Jackal Oct 11, 2018 02:59pm
This dude definitely has issues. I figured he is not right in the head when he went off on Pakistani singers, specifically targeting Atif Aslam.
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SivaD Oct 11, 2018 03:16pm
@Saul Goodman and how do you know that? A few loud mouths and trolls don’t make a majority. They just make a badly behaving mob.
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Abrar Oct 11, 2018 08:54pm
This guy is such a backward minded guy. Typical for any right wing
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