Tension skyrockets as Tanay Shastri, the beleaguered event organizer, serves Bengali actress and ex-TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty a Rs 20 lakh defamation ultimatum. The move reignites a contentious episode from a North 24 Parganas cultural bash gone awry.
Shastri’s Thursday disclosure paints a picture of betrayal: Rs 2.65 lakhs paid for Chakraborty’s star turn at Bongaon’s event, squandered by tardiness. Refund pleas allegedly boomeranged into harassment charges, thrusting him into over a week’s judicial hell before bail on February 11.
‘False allegations cost me my dignity and days in jail,’ Shastri declared to reporters. ‘Mimi must pay up or face defamation charges in court soon.’ He and two associates were nabbed post-police raid resistance under stringent laws.
From Chakraborty’s lens, Shastri’s post-midnight antics—yanking her offstage sans permission—crossed lines, justifying her FIR. The duel now pivots to this notice, with no peep from her side yet.
Observers foresee a saga of appeals, testimonies, and media frenzy. In West Bengal’s star-studded event world, this warns of contract pitfalls amid clashing egos. Will apology or payment quell the fire, or fuel a trial by fire?