National award winning actress Sweta Prasad Basu who was arrested in connection with her involvement in a prostitution scandal, was given clean chit by Hyderabad sessions Court on Saturday.A local court has acquitted Telugu actress Shweta Basu Prasad of prostitution charges and given her a clean chit. The actress who was arrested red handed at a posh hotel in a police sting operation in September last is now pronounced not guilty and the prostricituon case filed by the Police had been struck off.
After court’s verdict, the actress told mediapersons, “It’s a big relief. My regret is that I was put on trial by the media. I should’ve been given the chance to defend myself. Doesn’t matter, now that I’ve been given a clean chit, I don’t hold grudges against anyone.”
There is a big relief for Shweta Basu Prasad. A couple of months ago she was caught by the police for allegedly being involved in a sex racket. A part of the media had reported that during a police raid Shweta was caught red-handed. She was arrested and was later sent to the rehabilitation home. She was then allowed to go to her mother’s home. But by then all hell had broken loose on her. The media was not ready to spare her and she and her family went through hell. Shweta pleaded her innocence.Finally the court found her innocent and absolved her of all charges. Life is looking up for this promising actress once again, who has won a national award for her role as a child artist in Makdee. Time media stops and reflects, before jumping to conclusions, we need to do the homework effectively
The actress has all along denied allegations of involvement in prsotitution, saying this was part of a “conspiracy” against her.
The 23-year-old actor was arrested after the Hyderabad Police raided a hotel in the city’s poshest locality Banjara Hills in September. The police had maintained that the actress was caught “in a compromising position”.
Reports about her involvement in a high profile prostitution scandal had shocked the nation, with one section of media saying that she was subjected to a media trial.
She was was sent into a remand home for some time.
What’s her lawyer saying?
Shweta’s lawyer pleaded before the court that she had gone to the hotel—Park Hyatt in Banjara Hills to attend a private function when she was arrested. Commenting on the court verdict Swetha Basu said she was happy and her family was also relieved.
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It was rumoured that high profile businessmen, from metro cities such as Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, were arrested red-handed in a star hotel at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad but the police maintained complete silence and termed it as their sting operation as they kept watch on her for several months.
Police said that Shweta was in the business knowingly and that she was earlier caught in a compromising position during a sting operation. Balu, the pimp, used to take Rs 1 lakh on behalf of Shweta. After her arrest the actress said that she had made wrong choices in her career as she was bankrupt and had to support my family and some other good causes. “All the doors were closed and some people encouraged me to get into prostitution to earn money and hence I got involved in this act,” she said adding that there are several other heroines who have under gone through this phase.
The critically acclaimed actress featured in various Bollywood films including ‘Makdee’ and ‘Iqbal’. Besides, she also worked in Telugu films. She was last seen in the 2012 Telugu film “Nuvvekaddunte Nenakkadunta”.