Actress Kavya Thapar was arrested on Thursday by Juhu police in an alleged case of drunk driving, manhandling and assaulting a woman constable from the Nirbhaya squad in Juhu in Vile Parle.
The incident took place around 1 am on Thursday near JW Marriott hotel. The actress had come there for some party and was returning to her residence in eastern suburbs with a friend in her car.
Kavya Thapar was in a drunk state and rammed the car into another vehicle. When the police received the information, they reached the location and as they started questioning the actress, she started verbally abusing them and tried to manhandle them.
The constable in a statement said that when they reached the spot, the actress abused them and grabbed her uniform collar when she tried to stop her.
Kavya Thapar was booked under appropriate sections of IPC and Motor Vehicles Act for rash driving, drink driving and criminal force on a public servant obstructing him/her from discharging duty. She was arrested and produced before a magistrate court in Andheri. She has been sent to Byculla women’s jail and will have to stay there till she is granted bail.
