Orissa HC Asks Actress Varsha Priyadarshini To Appear Before Delhi Police In 15 Days

Cuttack: Ollywood actor and BJD MP Anubhav Mohanty’s wife Varsha Priyadarshini has been directed by the Orissa High Court on Wednesday to appear before the Delhi Police within 15 days.

Such action of the High Court came in connection with a case filed against her by her husband over alleged casteist remarks against a staffer of Mohanty.

Earlier on August 4, the High Court had granted interim relief to Ollywood actress Varsha Priyadarshini, her mother, and niece in connection with the case.

North Avenue Police, Delhi had issued a notice to Varsha her mother, and her niece to appear before it. Fearing arrest, Varsha had knocked the door of High Court seeking anticipatory bail.

While the incident took place in the national capital on July 9, 2019, the Delhi Police registered an FIR under the SC/ST Act (when a person not belonging to an SC or ST intentionally insults, with intent to humiliate, a member of an SC or ST in any place within public view) on July 22 this year.