Case filed against famous choreographer Jani Master for sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman: Report

Police have booked famous choreographer Shaik Jani Basha, who is popular as Jani Master, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 21 year-old woman. Jani Master primarily works in Telugu and Tamil industries.

According to a report in The Hindu, police has said that the complainant, who is 21 year-old is also a choreographer.

The woman, who has filed a complaint with Raidurgam police in Hyderabad, said Jani Master had been sexually harassing her for the past few months. She further wrote in the complaint that those incidents happened during their outdoor shoots.

A zero FIR was filed by the Raidurgam police and now the complaint has been transferred to Narsingi police.

A senior police official said: "The complainant said that Jani had sexually assaulted her multiple times during their shoots in different cities, including Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. She also claimed that he assaulted her at her residence in Narsingi several times... since the woman is a resident of Narsingi, the case has been transferred to the police there and further investigation will be taken up."

Jani Master has been booked under clause (2) and (n) of section 376 (rape), criminal intimidation (506) and voluntarily causing hurt (323) of the IPC, said the police.

It is not the first time a complaint has been filed against Jani Master, in June this year, dancer Satish had also filed a complaint against Jani Master.

Satish had alleged that Jani Master was preventing him from securing work in film shoots.

In 2019, Jani Master was reportedly sentenced to six months by a local court in Medchal, Hyderabad, for a 2015 fight at a college.