Popular playback singer Sourin Bhatt, who is facing a harassment case lodged by a woman, has moved the Orissa High Court, seeking anticipatory bail.
The singer is yet to appear before the Mahila police station in Cuttack where the woman, who is an employee of a private bank, had lodged the complaint against him. The police have been looking for Bhatt since the registration of the case against him.
A special police team of the Commissionerate Police recently visited Kolkata, but the singer was absent from his residence.
The complainant, a resident of Cuttack city, reportedly works in a private bank. As per the allegations of the complainant, she had come in contact with the singer in 2015.
She alleged that the singer exploited her, both physically and mentally, with the false promise of a break in singing. She also alleged that he cheated her of some money.
She had first approached Jagatpur police station and then lodged her complaint with the Mahila police station. A case under Sections 376, 493, 341, 294, 417 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered in this connection. The statement of the complainant has also been recorded under section 161 of the CrPC.