Producer Vibhu Agrawal's ULLU app official alleges extortion from accuser of sexual harrassment

While on one hand, the pornography case surrounding businessman Raj Kundra continues to get bigger and murkier with every passing day, another case recently popped up and it involved producer Vibhu Agrawal.

Only yesterday, it was reported that Mumbai Police filed a sexual harrassment case against Agarwal, India Head and CEO of the OTT app ULLU.

This was confirmed by Senior Inspector, Someshwar Kamthe of Amboli Police Station that a case had indeed been registered by an unnamed woman alleging that she was molested and intimidated by Agarwal.

ETimes reached out to ULLU, where a spokesperson revealed that the girl who filed the sexual harassment case was infact accused in an extortion case filed in Lucknow by ULLU in June 2021. The company then released an official statement stating, “ULLU had made a complaint with Cyber Cell, Lucknow Police on 10.06.2021 against unknown persons for cheating and extortion of money running into lakhs of rupees, wherein internal investigation into IP addresses also revealed the involvement of ULLU’s former Legal Head, a woman, and her accomplices. The said complaint was converted to FIR no. 0021 of 2021 under Section 384, 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66 of the Information Technology Act 2008 and investigation is pending.”

The spokesperson also talked with ETimes saying, "The girl in question was employed as the Legal Head with Ullu for a little less than 2 years. During this time she handled multiple complaints and notices received by the company in relation to grievances against content featured on the Ullu app. She used to review these complaints and notices and advise our CEO, Vibhu Agrawal on the appropriate legal response. In February 2020, we received a complaint from an individual called Brijesh Paul from Kolkata, who alleged that a certain scene in one of our web series episodes had insulted certain religions and sections of society. Paul threatened an FIR in Ballygunge Police Station and demanded a sum of Rs 15 lakhs to withdraw his complaint. When Vibhu Agrawal consulted this girl, she convinced him to pay off the sum, arguing that legal expenses, travel and emotional costs would amount to more. Having consulted with a few other lawyers we saw it fit to pay off and move on. But, come May 2021, Brijesh Paul once again wrote to us and registered a new complaint about another web show which had allegedly insulted certain religions and sections of society. This time he demanded 40 lakhs as compensation. Our legal head again advised Vibhu Agrawal that we pay off and settle the matter. Fortunately, this time, the company delayed the payment and initiated a negotiation process by email. Brijesh Paul used to send his emails on the id [email protected], but this time we received the mail from Brijesh but it came from the id [email protected], the email that was being operated by the legal head from her phone. Her elaborate scheme had been exposed.”

The account offered by ULLU’s spokesperson is in complete contrast to the turn of events alleged by the woman who has filed the sexual harassment complaint.

Keep reading this space for further updates.

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