Filmmaker Manish Gupta booked for injuring driver with kitchen knife

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Filmmaker Manish Gupta was booked for allegedly injuring his driver with a kitchen knife after an argument over the latter's salary, a Mumbai police official said on Friday (June 7, 2025).

The incident took place on Thursday night in Gupta's residence in Sagar Sanjog building, the Versova police station official said.

Mr. Gupta allegedly injured his driver of three years Rajibul Islam Lashkar (32), the official said.

Mr. Gupta has been booked under sections 118(2), 115(2) and 352 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapon, intentional insult to provoke breach of peace and other offences but is yet to be arrested, he added.

Lashkar's advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh sought immediate arrest of Mr. Gupta.

Published - June 07, 2025 11:54 am IST