Papon incident: women’s commission begins probe

Mumbai | Sunday | 25th February, 2018

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“We’re verifying the facts.”Bollywood not amusedFilmmaker Farah Khan defended Papon, but said the video of the incident did make her feel uncomfortable. more-inMumbai: A day after singer Papon landed in controversy for kissing a minor girl on camera, the Maharashtra State Women's Rights Commission (MSWRC) initiated its investigation in the matter. A Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer subsequently filed a complaint against him with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The minor girl’s parents, meanwhile, defended the singer, saying, “Papon is a mentor and a father figure to my daughter”. Farah replied, saying, “I think, if you see the girl’s face after it happened, you’ll realise how uncomfortable she was..