A FIR (First Information report) has been filed against actor Manchu
Manoj for allegedly assaulting Tamil actor Mahat Raghavendra at the
Filmfare awards after party, held in Chennai. According to complainant,
the incident took place in the early hours of Sunday, July 8. Mahat
claimed that Manchu Manoj and his friends started assaulting him out of
the blue. Here are excerpts from the FIR.
While I was having a private conversation with my friend. Mr. Manoj
Manchu who is an actor from the Telugu film industry along with his 3
other friends interrupted my private conversation with my friend and
started hitting me without even telling me what the issue was about. I
was assaulted by these men for several minutes, I was hit on my face, my
stomach and my lower body.
Nobody else was even allowed to interfere and stop this fight as the
men who were hitting me along with Mr. Manoj was threatening who ever
tried to stop them from hitting me. As onlookers gathered by and they
kept interfering is when this gang stopped to hit me further.
I was severally threatened after getting hit by Mr. Manoj saying that
my death was in his hands and that he would go to any extent to use his
influence to have me killed,” wrote Mahat in the FIR adding that he was
worried about his security.
Wonder what went wrong. Speculation has it that the point of conflict
could be actress Taapsee Pannu. Rumor has it that the curly haired
actress is recently said to have broken off her relationship with
Mahath. The actress is very close to the Manchu family as well. Keep
watching this space for more on the issue.