Filmmaker Manish Gupta accused of stabbing the driver.

Filmmaker Manish Gupta has been booked under sections 118 (2), 115 (2) and 352 of the Indian Penal Code, including serious injuries with dangerous weapons, insulting the intention of disturbing peace, and other offenses. However, he has not been arrested yet. There has been no reaction from the filmmaker on this matter.

Accused of not paying salary on time

According to a report by the Free Press Journal, the FIR states that driver Rajibul Islam Lashkar has been working with him for three years. He kept him at a salary of ₹ 23,000. But Lashkar alleges that he was not paid on time. On May 30, Manish Gupta fired him from his job without paying dues.

Lashkar started working again to get his money back, but he still did not get salary. On this, there was a debate between the two at Manish Gupta’s residence in Versova on Friday night. Lashkar alleges that during the debate, Manish Gupta killed him with a kitchen knife, Lashkar immediately rushed to the nearby Cooper Hospital and after treatment lodged an FIR against the filmmaker at Versova police station.

Who is Manish Gupta

Let us tell you that Manish Gupta is a screenwriter and director. He has directed films like ‘The Stoneman Murders’ and ‘420 IPC’. His last directed film was 2023’s legal drama ‘One Friday Night’, in which Raveena Tandon and Milind Soman were seen together. He had earlier worked as a writer in Ram Gopal Varma’s team and wrote the script of films like ‘D’ and ‘Sarkar’.