'Peepli Live' co-director Farooqui held guilty of raping US woman
New Delhi, July 31: A court on Saturday, July 30, held Mahmood Farooqui, who is best known as co-director of the 2010 Hindi film "Peepli Live", guilty of raping an American woman.
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain convicted Farooqui under rape charges and fixed August 2 for hearing arguments on quantum of sentence.
Delhi Police have accused Farooqui of raping a 35-year-old American woman from Columbia University who was in India for research on her doctoral thesis.
['Peepli Live' co-director Mahmood Farooqui arrested]
Farooqui has denied the allegations, saying he was falsely implicated.
Timeline of rape case against Mahmood Farooqui
June 21, 2015: Delhi Police arrest Farooqui.
July 2015: Delhi Police files chargesheet against Farooqui.
September 2, 2015: Court frames rape charges against the 'Peepli Live' co-director.
September 9, 2015: Trial begins in rape case
October 15, 2015 : Court grants interim bail to Farooqui
July 30, 2016: Court holds Farooqui guilty of raping American woman.
IANS
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