Mumbai porn racket victim Jaanshi Apsara Yadav shares her story, says Zoya Rathore was part of shoot

MUMBAI: After the Mumbai police registered the fourth FIR at the Malwani police station in the Mumbai porn racket case, one more victim’s name has come forward.

According to reports, a woman hailing from Bihar was threatened by Rowa alias Alisha alias Yasmeen Khan to shoot a porn clip for her app Hothits and she was offered a sum of Rs 20,000/- for the same by a co-ordinator named Kuresh.

This incident happened in the month of December 2020, but fortunately for Jaanshi, she was able to get out of the porn trap set up for her as her brother was a PSI in the Bihar police.

Speaking about the incident, Jaanshi said: during the month of December she was approached by one co-ordinator who introduced himself only as Kuresh to shoot for a bold web series for HotHits and she was offered Rs 20,000/- for the one day shoot. She was told that Alisha was the director of the project and that she would get lots of popularity after shooting with Alisha who was well-known in the short films circuit in Mumbai.

“Kuresh told her that the web-series episode would feature bold scenes including a bikini look. He never said any pornography or sexual acts were involved. Accordingly, she agreed and was taken to Madh Island for the shoot. She was promised a remuneration of Rs 20,000/- for the shoot.

According to Jaanshi Apsara Yadav, when she reached Madh Island she was told that she would have to perform explicit sexual acts with a male actor. She flatly refused to do it and said she was not interested in the project.

She reveals that she came to know then on the set that one Alisha (real name Rowa alias Yasmeen Khan) was the producer and director of the porn web series, which would be used on Hothits, the app owned by Khan and her husband.

Khan threatened her that if she did not agree to the shoot, she would have to pay up Rs 5 lakh as damages. Fortunately, for Jaanshi Apsara Yadav, her brother is a Police Sub Inspector in the Bihar police and she immediately called up her brother who asked her to hand over the phone to Rowa Khan.

When Khan realized that she could be in serious trouble, as Yadav’s brother said he would call up the Maharashtra DGP and the Mumbai police commissioner and lodge a complaint, Rowa developed cold feet and let Yadav leave the sets, but not before taking back the Rs 5000 which was given to her as advance.

She also made Jaanshi sign a letter saying that she had no complaint against Rowa alias Alisha alias Yasmeen Khan and other team members, Sagarika Shona Suman revealed to this reporter.

Jaanshi told Suman that she saw a female actor Zoya Rathore and one male actor Bhanu alias Michel on the sets who were shooting porn acts. Another male actor Shakespeare was also present, she alleged.

Her brother booked her a flight and asked her to return home back to Bihar the same day and she has not set foot in Mumbai again, Jaanshi told Sagarika.