After arrest, Pearl V Puri’s friends and colleagues come out in his support
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The news of actor Pearl V Puri getting arrested for allegedly raping a minor girl has come as a rude shock to many, with his co-stars and friends from the small screen world coming forward to stand with him.As the police continue their investigation, his colleagues have urged people to wait for the truth to come out.
His friend and actor KarishmaTanna calls the charges “baseless”, saying, “It’s an old case. It happened when he was shooting for the show, BepanahPyaarr”.
Opening up about the case, she shares, “His co-actor, who was playing the role of his mother, Ekta Sharma, was going through divorce, and once her daughter had come on the set and since she was apparently Pearl’s fan, he clicked a picture with her”.
According to Tanna, Puri has become the victim of someone’s relationship gone sour, as she puts, “The husband has just pulled the kid into it, saying, ‘Let’s harass someone from Ekta’s show’. That is why he has been targeted”.
“I am feeling bad for him. It is a unfortunate thing and bad luck for Pearl. The truth will come out soon,” she adds.
In a lengthy Instagram post, EktaKapoor asserts, “What I witnessed from last night to now, was the absolute low in human depravity...Using an extremely important movement like ‘Me Too’ frivolously, to get your own agendas met with and mentally torturing a child and making an innocent person guilty... My opinion only comes from what the girl’s mother said to me last night & that is - Pearl is innocent”.
His former girlfriend AsmitaSood also can’t believe these allegations, and calls for a thorough investigation.
