November 20 – Actor Shruti Haasan was allegedly attacked this morning by a stalker at her apartment in Mumbai.
According to reports an obsessed man who has been stalking her for many days knocked on her door at around 9.30am. When the 27-year-old opened her door, a man stuck his hand through the gap in the door and reportedly tried to grab her and force his way into her home. The stalker put his hands around her neck and tried to strangle here.
Shruti, Kamal Haasan’s daughter with actor Sarika, lives alone in Mumbai and reportedly fought back shutting the door on her attacker. In the process, she also managed to jam the attacker’s hand in her door and injure him. It is not yet known if the stalker had harassed her before. In spite of the stalker’s attempt on her life, she has not yet filed a police complaint and her publicists and manager confirmed that she remains very shaken and incommunicado at this point.
Bandra police officials said that they were unaware of the incident as no complaint has been registered.
As news of the attack spread, actors used online platforms to express concern on the attack. Khushbu Sundar tweeted.
Meanwhile, others took to the social media forum to express anguish over the fact that even celebrities were not safe in Mumbai anymore.
–Indiatoday
