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Casting Couch in Odia Jatra: Actress sexually harassed by Manager

An Odia Jatra actress leveled ‘casting couch’ charges against Manager of a Jatra party alleging that the latter forced her to keep physical relationship with him while promising to give her an opportunity to act in a specific role.

Police have today detained Manoj Nayak, manager of Indrabhuban Jatra Party and are interrogating him in connection with casting couch allegation levelled against him by a female actor of the opera group.

“He (Nayak) said he will give me a character in an opera if I allow him to keep physical relationship with him,” she alleged.

“The female actor’s allegations are baseless. In jatra (opera) such things never happen. This is being done to defame jatra. Things will be clear after the police investigation,” said Jatra Kalakar Sangh president and acclaimed jatra actor Daitari Panda.

Other actors of the jatra party gheraoed Cuttack Sadar police station protesting against Manager’s detention by the police.

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