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18 Oct, 2018

Singer/composer Anu Malik has been accused of harassment by singer Shweta Pandit.

In a tweet posted yesterday, Pandit recalled an encounter she had with Anu Malik when she was 15 years old. "It has taken a lot in me to open up this wound again and speak up against this paedophile and sexual predator," she says.

Shweta was called by Anu Malik's manager for work. She went with her mother but there came a moment where she was in a recording cabin room alone with Malik.

"He asked me to sing something without any music as he wanted to hear my voice. I remember I sang the title song of Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega as a voice test for this man. I sang it well so he said, "I'll give you this song with Sunidhi and Shaan but first give me a kiss now". He then smiled, what I'd recall the most evil grin I've seen. I went numb and pale in the face."

She added, "I am sure many singers have been exploited by him as he is a known name for doing this to singers. I'd urge those singers/women to share their stories too."

This isn't the first time Anu Malik has faced such accusations. Last week, singer Sona Mohapatra had also called Malik a "serial predator", a claim he had denied.

Times of India revealed that in the 90's, pop singer Alisha Chinai had filed a sexual harassment suit against Malik.

Said Chinai, "When I sued [Anu] Malik, I fought it alone. It was an unprecedented landmark verdict and a restraining order was passed against him. The man has repeatedly begged for my forgiveness."

Regarding Shweta Pandit's accusations, Anu Malik has denied all allegations, with his lawyer claiming, "The allegations made against my client are emphatically denied as completely false and baseless. My client respects the #MeToo Movement but to use this movement to start a character assassination mission is obnoxious."

Anu Malik is currently a judge on Indian Idol.

Comments

kamal Oct 18, 2018 09:34pm
Where there is smoke there is a fire.
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ijall Oct 18, 2018 10:49pm
please stop calling him singer/composer. He is a music thief and a fraud.
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AZAM AKBAR Oct 19, 2018 07:08am
@ijall Mr. ijall, Not only Anu Malik. All music composers are thieves and copy the music. A minor part of people knows this and the majority doesn't have knowledge of copied music. Alas.
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Syed Oct 19, 2018 07:47am
Well I don't understand why these women didn't complain at the time the assault took place. Now one after another just following the trend.
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Neo Oct 21, 2018 01:02am
@Syed. Times have changed. Social media has given a platform to people who perhaps before felt that they didn't have a voice. If this sort of thing was happening in the west for so long, imagine the scale in our societies where women were and still are at the mercy of men. Our laws should give more protection to women especially in the workplace.
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