Poonam Pandey and her husband being escorted by a police team on Thursday.
CANACONA
Actress Poonam Pandey and her director-husband Sam Bombay were on Thursday detained in connection with the porn video filmed at Chapoli Dam, after the couple was picked up by a Canacona police team with the assistance of the Calangute police from a hotel in North Goa.
Poonam and Bombay had been residing at a hotel in Canacona and reportedly checked out shortly after the porn video went viral on social media.
The porn video had sparked off outrage among people, leading to six police complaints to demand action against those involved in the controversial video.
The couple then reportedly shifted base to a hotel in North Goa.
Late Wednesday night, Canacona police had added other sections of IPC to the FIR and began a lookout for the duo to serve summons for interrogation.
Sources said police received a clue about their whereabouts and on Thursday morning, a Canacona police team went to north Goa and with the assistance of the Calangute police, successful traced the duo at a hotel in Sinquerim.
Pandey and Bombay were then taken to the Canacona police station in the evening.
On reaching the Canacona police station, Ponam Pandey refused to come out of the police jeep on seeing the presence of media persons.
Responding to Canacona Police Inspector Therron D'Costa, Bombay and Pandey then alighted the police jeep and a police team escorted the couple to the police station.
Fearing arrest, the couple through a local advocate moved a bail application before the Canacona JMFC.
When contacted, Quepem DySP Nelson Albuquerque, who was at the Canacona police station, confirmed that the couple had moved for bail.
“The Canacona JMFC has sought a say from a police and we are preparing our papers to oppose the bail application. We want them in custody to carry out further investigation,” said DySP Albuquerque, while declining to provide further details into the case.
Couple get bail; will report
to police station for 6 days
CANACONA: Actress Poonam Pandey and her husband Sam Bombay were released on conditional bail by the Canacona JMFC late Thursday evening.
While granting bail to Poonam Pandey and Sam Bombay on a surety of Rs 20,000 each, the JMFC has directed them to report to the Canacona police station for six days and they have been prevented from leaving Goa without the court’s permission.
According to reliable sources, the arguments on the bail application moved by Poonam and Sam Bombay were heard before the Canacona JMFC.
Advocate Rajiv Gomes and another advocate from North Goa argued on behalf of the Pandey and Bombay which went on in the JMFC court till about 8 pm.
They are reported to have argued that police had acted to detain the actress and her husband only due to public pressure and said there was no need for custodial interrogation of the couple.
