Bollywood veteran actor Nana Patekar‘s advocate Aniket U. Nikam has sent a detailed response to Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) over the notice issued against his client based on the sexual misconduct allegations made by Tanushree Dutta. The response stated that the allegations levelled against Patekar by Dutta are baseless, unsubstantial, false and far from the actual truth.
“My client denies to the baseless and unsubstantiated allegations, insinuation levelled by Dutta against my client and nothing contained therein shall be deemed to have been admitted and accepted unless specifically done so,” Nikam stated. “My client states that the entire allegations levelled against my client are not only unfounded and baseless but the same are false and far from the truth. My client has been unnecessarily subjected to mental harassment due to the motivated and malicious vilification campaign undertaken against my client,” the statement from Patekar’s advocate further read.
The advocate went on to defend Patekar in the statement by citing his contribution to the Indian cinema as well as his social work and charities. “The false allegations levelled against my client have immensely affected his reputation beyond repair and your organization should not entertain such groundless and baseless accusations particularly when such allegations are levelled after almost a decade,” he added.