Boyfriend accuses Pratyusha Banerjee of cheating

Sara Khan and Pratyusha with Makrand at her birthday party recently

Actress Pratyusha Banerjee, popular as the original Anandi of Balika Vadhu, filed a police complaint against boyfriend Makrand Malhotra, early Wednesday.

The actress has accused Makrand of verbal abuse and death threats. She says, "He had been threatening and abusing me on the phone for the past three days. On Tuesday night, he landed up at my place and abused my family and me. He even threatened to harm us. I had no option but to file a police complaint."

But aren't they a couple? "Not at all. We split long ago. I don't know why the media keeps calling us a couple," says she.

Incidentally, the two were spotted at a wedding last month, looking like they were still very much a couple. A few days later, Makrand threw a lavish bash to celebrate Pratyusha's birthday. Says a source, "They fight and reunite all the time. Usually, we don't take their fights seriously. This time, it's different."

Makrand, a businessman, however, claims he and the telly actress were a couple till about a week ago, when trouble began. He says, "Pratyusha and I were in a relationship for over two years. Obviously, I had become a bit possessive about her. But I got to know that she is cheating on me. So, I went to her place on Monday to talk it out and end matters once and for all. However, Pratyusha didn't entertain me. The next day, when I was at my friend Sara Khan's (she is also Pratyusha's best friend) place, Pratyusha inundated me with calls. When I told her not to call me, she was infuriated and told her father that I had been harassing her. Her father called me up, hurled abuses and even threatened to get me killed. I recorded the entire conversation. When my mother told Pratyusha's mom that we were going to file a police complaint, she pleaded with us not to do so. So, we backed out. But later, around 3 am, I got a call from Oshiwara Police Station, informing me about Pratyusha's complaint. I went there and made the cops listen to the recording. It was they who asked me to file a counter complaint against Pratyusha and her father, which I did.
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