Playback Singer Ankit Tiwari was arrested in May 2014 when a woman, allegedly his former girlfriend, lodged a complaint against him stating he raped her on several occasions between October 2012 and December 2013 after promising to marry her, but did not keep the promise.
On 27th April 2017, the court acquitted the singer after the complainant didn’t support the prosecution case during her testimony in the court and was declared ‘hostile witness’. Talking about this, Ankit asserted, “Initially, jab bhi mauka mila toh laga mein media aur fans sey baat karoon aur bataoon apni baat, but I thought let the verdict come out, or else you never know… some wouldn’t have believed me. I always had faith in the Indian judicial system. I’m feeling relieved after the [verdict]. Also, I never let it affect my work.”
Thanking his friends, family and colleagues for their support, the singer further said, “When family, friends, fans and the people in your professional life are supportive, it helps. I was lucky that way. I met Mahesh [Bhatt] saab yesterday, and he in his own style of congratulating me, said, ‘Aap sidhe log ho, mujhe pata tha aap ke saath sahi hoga.’ Tigmanshu Dhulia and Anubhav Sinha nein bhi good wishes bheje.”
“The most important person was my mother (Suman Tiwari). She believed in me and, after yesterday, I proved to be her rightful son,” said Ankit happily before signing off.
