Bhubaneswar: A court here on Tuesday acquitted Ollywood actor Tatwa Prakash Satpathy alias Papu Pom Pom and his aide in a 2016 casting couch case.
A special POCSO court acquitted Papu and his aide Gittu of all the charges levelled against them.
Notably, the victim, a minor girl had lodged a complaint against Papu Pom Pom on June 25, 2016, accusing the actor of making sexual advances on the pretext of providing her with a break in Ollywood.
Two days later, Mahila Police in Bhubaneswar registered a case against the actor and his friend under section 354 (A), 506, 509 and 34 of IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
Later, the actor and his aide were arrested from an apartment in Puri on June 30, 2016.
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