Coming out in support of her husband, actor Alok Nath's wife Ashu on Saturday submitted a written application to the Amboli police station against writer, director and producer Vinta Nanda, who has accused Nath of raping her almost two decades ago. Nath's wife has also filed a defamation case at the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court in Andheri, Ashu's counsel Ashok Saraogi confirmed. When asked for details of the defamation suit, Saraogi said, "We cannot value his [Alok Nath] reputation in terms of money. And so, as a token, we have asked for Rs 1 only."

In her application to the police, Ashu wrote that Nanda's rape allegation has affected her husband's public image. She also claimed that Nanda was holding a grudge against Nath, whom she blamed for her TV serial, Tara, going off air. "The said serial had gone off air at some point after the change in the star cast and storyline...it seems that she has been carrying an impression that because of my husband, the artistes and storyline were required to be changed (sic)," she wrote in the letter. She further claims that when the serial went off air, Nanda had blamed Nath for it. "She has been maintaining cordial relations with me and all throughout, never uttered a word against my husband," she wrote further.