Pearl V Puri Rape Case: Victim’s Mother Supporting Accused For Personal Reasons, Says Model Jennifer Kirti Singh

MUMBAI: With regard to the Pearl V Puri rape case, in a startling revelation, a Tv actress Jennifer Kirti Singh has come forward to state that everyone on the sets where the dastardly incident took place knew that something was wrong between Pearl V Puri and the minor rape victim’s mother. “Daal mein kuch kala tha, aur woh dikh raha tha,” she said.

Television actor Pearl V Puri was arrested by the Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) Police on Friday on allegations of raping a minor.

Soon after his arrest, his colleagues from the television industry, such as Anita Hassanandani, Krystle D’Souza and Ekta Kapoor defended him. Ekta even mentioned in a note how the survivor’s mother had told her of Pearl’s innocence in the case.

However, according to a Hindustan Times report, Vasai DCP Sanjay Kumar Patil has said that the accusations against Pearl are not false. At a press conference, Patil was asked about Ekta calling the accusations false when he said, “No, the accusations are not false. His name has come up in the investigation. There is evidence against him. That is why police has arrested him. The truth will be decided in the trial.”

Now Tv actress Jennifer Kirti Singh says that the victim’s mother has all along been supporting the accused for her own ulterior motives. “This is very wrong. It is a very serious allegation – the rape or molestation of a minor girl. The industry must not support such wrong doing. The police have done their homework. They very well know that the accused is a powerful person. They will not arrest anyone without reason. The girl’s mother has been shielding the accused because she does not want to loose her daughter in a custody battle with her estranged husband. The accused and the victim’s mother are helping each other, but this is very wrong,” she said, adding that everyone on the set knew that something was amiss when the incident happened.

Jennifer Kirti Singh said the cops have done the right thing. They should not come under any pressure. They must thoroughly investigate the case. All the accused, even the victim’s mother must be booked for shielding a rape accused.

Jennifer also hinted that the victim’s mother and the arrested accused could have had some financial understanding between them. This is just a doubt, but the cops must check out this angle as well, Jennifer Kirti Singh said.

Singh has done several roles in episodic serials like Crime Patrol, CID etc and is a regular face on the Tv circuit in Mumbai. She is also an aspiring singer, model and comedy artiste.

She is currently shooting a webseries for an OTT channel 3XRedHot based on the true story of a young single mother from Bihar whose husband died of Covid last year, about six months after their marriage. The woman realised she was pregnant, a day after her husband passed away.