Television actor Charit Balappa, famous for his role in the serial 'Muddulakshmi', has been arrested on charges of sexual harassment, assault, extortion and criminal intimidation. The 29-year-old actress alleged that he forced her into a relationship, threatened to leak private photos and brutally beat her. Police arrested Charit Balappa after registering a case citing several offences under the Indian Justice Code. Police are investigating the incident that has been going on for 1 year.

Actor arrested in sexual harassment case

Charit Balappa has acted in Kannada and Telugu serials, of which 'Muddulakshmi' has been in the news the most. Charit Balappa is accused of sexually harassing his girlfriend. An actress has accused Charit of forcing her to have physical relations by deceit. Charit along with his companions entered the house where the girl was living and harassed her. She has also accused them of demanding money. Police confirmed on Friday that the arrest was made following a complaint lodged by a 29-year-old actress.

Sensational revelation about Charit Balappa

The victim said in her complaint that Charit Balappa had threatened to leak her private photos and videos if she did not give him money. The surprising thing was that Charit is already divorced. She further said in her complaint that she met him in 2017. Despite that, he used to force other girls to have physical relations with him. Not only this, a complaint was lodged against the TV actor in June 2024 at the police station for having a relationship with his ex-wife even after divorce.

Charit Balappa applied these legal sections

According to the FIR, the woman accused the divorced actor of mentally harassing and assaulting her, adding that he also threatened to kill her. Based on the complaint, a case was registered at the Rajarajeshwari Nagar police station under sections of voluntarily causing hurt, extortion, criminal intimidation, harassing, sexual harassment and other sections of the Indian Justice Code.