Security guard at North Goa resort threatens Bollywood actor with dire consequences

PANAJI: A Mumbai-based Bollywood actor Rayya Labib has alleged in a complaint to the cops that a security guard working at a resort in North Goa threatened her with dire consequences because she squealed on his brother (also working as a security guard) and complained to the authorities for clicking private photographs while she was changing her clothes.

The original incident happened last week and an internal investigation by the concerned production house into the appearance of private photos or illegal images on social media of the Mumbai-based actor Rayya Labib revealed that the photos were allegedly clicked illegally by a security guard from a third-party agency, while the actor was changing her outfits in a makeshift changing room in the lawns of a resort in North Goa.

The incident happened while the actor was shooting in Goa for a festival or short film along with others from Mumbai. After she raised a hue and cry, the concerned security guard was sacked and thrown out by the agency and his salary was withheld. In revenge, his brother who also works as a security guard at another resort in North Goa, threatened the actor on social media if she did not withdraw the complaint. The leaked images (censored) can be viewed here.

Actor Rayya Labib – the victim who was shooting for an international Festival Film (short film) in Goa (to be screened at the Spain Film Festival in 2023) was shocked to find some images shot illegally and without her permission or knowledge, apparently while she was changing her outfits in the changing room, leaked and circulating on social media, including WhatsApp.

The Goan resort owners said they had no role to play in the incident. The entire security, ground management and logistics was outsourced by the producer to another third-party company.

“We were ourselves not present at the venue, which we had rented out for two days to the production house,” Neil Fernandes, one of the partners said.

The security agency appointed by the production house is Ponda-based and almost all of the guards and watchmen are non-Goans, mostly from Bihar, a source said.