Actress Sruthi Hariharan makes a statement under section 164 CrPC

BENGALURU: On Wednesday Actress Sruthi Hariharan made a statement before a magistrate. As she had accused the multilingual actor Arjun Sarja of sexually harassing her during a movie shoot three years ago.

The statement was made under the section 164 CrPC, before a magistrate and in the absence of the police. "We had made it clear to Sruthi that the statement made under section 164 CrPC will be treated as evidence during trial. She agreed to it," the police said.

On October 27, Sruthi had registered a criminal complaint against the actor Sarja and the police had booked the actor under IPC sections 354 which states “outraging modesty of women”  and 354 A “sexual harassment”.