Released on bail granted by the Orissa High Court for an alleged ‘casting couch’ case in 2016, BJD leader and comedian Papu Pompom alias Tatwa Prakash Satpathy was on Tuesday booked by the Cuttack city police for allegedly misbehaving with a woman advocate.
The advocate, associated with a Bhubaneswar-based NGO that was instrumental in exposing the actor in the casting couch case, has alleged that Papu Pompom along with two of his accomplices misbehaved with her in a hotel in the Cuttack Sadar area.
“On the basis of a written complaint, the Cuttack Sadar police have been entrusted to proceed in the case after conducting investigations,” said City DCP Akhileswar Singh. He said the police have already questioned the hotel staffs in this connection.
The police said that if required, the actor shall be summoned for questioning. Reports said that the actor, sensing that the fresh case would entangle him in a long-drawn legal battle, has decided to take legal advice to evade arrest.