COVER STORY
06
Actress Shweta Basu
ACQUITTED
FROM PROSTITUTION CASE
slams at media response following her false
arrest and expresses her strength
Shweta Basu Prasad,
who was mired in
a controversy this
year when she was
caught in an alleged
prostitution
racket,
has accused the
media of wrongly
dragging her name
into a prostitution
case. The starlet was
sent to a rescue home
for 59 days after a
prostitution
racket
allegedly
involving
her
was
busted,
reports PTI.
She is an awardwinning actress. She
won the National
Award in 2002 for the
best child artiste for
her role in Makdee.
She also won several
awards
for
her
remarkable role as
the sister of the lead
character, in the 2005
film Iqbal. She has had
a successful career in
films and television
across four languages.
Shweta is in the
limelight
because
three months ago
she was caught in
a police raid on an
alleged prostitution
racket. On a tip-off,
the Hyderabad police
planted a decoy
customer, who paid
an “agent” some
advance
money.
Based on this tip-off
and payment, the
police raided the
hotel where Shweta
was staying, and
“rescued” her. She was
sent to a rescue home
for six months. Her
mother
intervened
through
a
court
order, and Shweta
was released in two
months. She was
quoted then as saying
that bankruptcy had
forced her into the
sex trade.
Many film insiders had
publicly spoken out in
her support, including
actress
Deepika
Padukone and TV star
Sakshi tanwar.
According to a report