A senior officer of the Mumbai police has stated that a 'Sanskari' actor has been booked under section 376 of IPC (rape) on the basis of a written complaint filed by a survivor in October. This comes in the wake of the ongoing #MeToo movement, where the survivor had accused the actor of rape and written about her ordeal in a Facebook post.

This case is being followed with huge interest given the profile of the accused and the survivor involved. It was also one of the more shocking cases of the #MeToo movement. This case has seen the accused being booked. One cannot predict what happens next, but this is a tangible outcome of the complaint. Survivors are often asked the purpose of speaking out.