mbai: Actress Huma Qureshi released a statement on Tuesday after allegedly being named by actress Payal Ghosh in her sexual harassment allegation against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. The actress said that Anurag is a dear friend and never misbehaved with her. Payal reportedly named her along with two other Bollywood actresses during a recent interview, alleging that they have provided sexual favours to Kashyap. Huma›s statement reads: “Anurag and I last worked together in 2012-13 and he is a dear friend and an extremely talented director. In my personal experience and to my knowledge he has neither misbehaved with me or anyone else. However, anyone who claims to be abused must report it to the authorities, the police and the judiciary.”
“I chose not to comment till now because I don’t believe in social media fights and media trials. I feel really angry at being dragged into this mess. I feel angry not just for myself but also every woman whose years of hard work and struggle gets reduced to such baseless conjecture and allegations in their workplace,” she concluded.