MUMBAI: TV actor Pearl V Puri, who was arrested on Friday afternoon by the Waliv Police Station under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act, in a 2019 case.

He will be taken to Thane jail if his RT-PCR test comes negative.

Pearl was remanded to a 14-day judicial custody yesterday. 

Sanjay Patil DCP (Zone 2, Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar), said, "Anyone who is arrested has to undergo a COVID-19 test. Pearl V Puri will also undergo an RT-PCR test and if it is negative, he will be shifted to Thane jail tomorrow. Right now, he is at the Waliv Police Station.".

Yesterday on Instagram, producer Ekta Kapoor mentioned that she was in touch with the victim's mother and after various calls with the mother she knows for a fact that Pearl was not involved in this case, through her latest post. 

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Commenting on this, DCP Patil said, "The victim narrated the incident which happened in 2019 on the sets of a TV show. During the investigation, she took the name of the character, the accused was playing in the show. The allegations are not false, there is evidence, so Pearl was arrested. We are investigating further and the truth will come out in the court trial.".

About the case, DCP Patil further said, "The father of the girl had filed the complaint initially in Versova Police Station and then it was transferred to Waliv Police Station. The mother was acting in a TV show and the victim used to accompany her mother on the set. We have arrested Pearl on the basis of a particular incident that the victim shared with us.". 

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Credit: ETimes