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Anara Gupta (born August 1986[1]) is an
Indian model and actress who won the "Miss Jammu" beauty pageant in
2001. She has been at the center of an ongoing and widely publicized
pornography and police scandal in Jammu and Kashmir since 2004.
A CD with a pornographic movie allegedly
featuring Ms Gupta came to light in October 2004 and was aired on
several TV stations. Pornography being illegal in India, she was
arrested, along with her mother and three brothers, in Jammu City where
she lived.[2] Ms Gupta was held in custody for about 10 days during
which time she was presented to the media. She accused well-known cable
TV operator Narinder Kohli of having raped her and lured her into the
pornography business, then blackmailing her with the produced CD; Kohli
was arrested. She also described a larger pornography ring, involving
several politicians.[3][4]
The detention was later found to have been
illegal and three police officers were dismissed. Ms Gupta retracted her
confession and claimed to have been tortured and coerced by police into
making a false confession during her illegal detention, and proceeded to
sue the police for compensation.[5] An investigation by the forensic lab
in Hyderabad concluded that the woman in the video was not Anara Gupta
and police then acted to close the case against her.[6] An investigation
by the forensic laboratory in Chandigarh however came to the opposite
conclusion.[7] Several parties, including the fired police officers,
argued against closing the case, and court hearings were held throughout
2005, during which time Ms Gupta was barred from talking to the media.
In May 2005 she travelled with her mother
to New Delhi and met with officials of the National Commission for Women
and the National Human Rights Commission in order to have them
investigate the alleged police misconduct.[8]
In August 2005 she was reportedly starring
in a movie about her career and ordeal, produced by Ashok Pandit.[9] She
also acted in the TV series Sulegti Rahen. In March 2006 she was
reported to have moved to Mumbai and to star in a Bollywood movie about
her life, produced by K K Yadava.[10]
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir closed
the case in December 2005, without charging Ms Gupta. Social activist
Amit Chouhan pressed for a reopening of the case, concerned that
evidence about a pornography ring involving young girls and high ranking
politicians was being suppressed.[11][12] In August 2006 a fresh
investigation into the case was begun, on order of the High Court of
Jammu and Kashmir.[13]
References
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^ The trauma of being
Anara Gupta, The Times of India, 8 May 2005
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^ Hyderabad lab clears
Jammu’s Anara Gupta in porn CD case, The Tribune, 6 January 2005
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^ 'First he raped me,
then played on my body and ambitions' Hindustan Times, 10 November
2004.
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^ He forced me into porn
movies, The Times of India, 9 November 2004
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^ Court says no to
shifting Anara to welfare home, The Tribune, 23 December 2004
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^ Case against Anara
Gupta withdrawn, The Tribune, 4 February 2005
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^ Anara Gupta episode:
forensic laboratory report contradicted, The Hindu, 9 February 2005
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^ Anara Gupta looks to
NCW for justice, The Times of India, 7 May 2005
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^ Anara Gupta
hospitalised, Hindustan Times, 4 August 2005.
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^ Anara Gupta to try luck
at B'wood, The Times of India, 5 March 2006
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^ Court orders fresh
probe into Anara case, The Times of India, 22 January 2006
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^ Reopen Anara case,
demands social activist, The Tribune, 3 July 2006
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^ J&K govt orders fresh
probe into Anara case, Hindustan Times, 15 August 2006
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