Mumbai: Actor Kavya Thapar arrested for rash driving, abusing and assaulting woman constable

Kavya Thapar. Pic/Official Twitter account

26-year-old South actress and model Kavya Thapar was arrested by the Juhu police for allegedly abusing and engaging in a fight with a woman constable in an inebriated state in the wee hours of Thursday (February 17).

Kavya, who was presented before the court on February 17, was remanded in judicial custody. The constable who was a part of the Nirbhaya squad of Juhu police said in her statement that they received a call from the control room asking them to reach the spot opposite JW Marriott Hotel in Juhu where a woman crashed into a car and was drunk.

The car driver had called the control room after the woman abused him after the crash. The constable further said that when they reached the spot, the actress who was drunk, abused them and grabbed her uniform and assaulted her.

The officer then arrested the actress under various sections of IPC, during her medical check-up it has been revealed she was a huge drunk. Kavya was returning from a party along with a friend when the incident took place, said an officer from Juhu police station.