Gehana Vasisth Not Involved In Porn Racket, Clarifies TV Actor's Publicist

Television actor Gehana Vasisth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly shooting and uploading pornographic content on her website. Her publicist has however clarified in a statement today that the actor "had only shot erotica" and is "not at all involved in the alleged porn racket run by others."

Vasisth, whose real name is Vandana Tiwari, is best known for her work in ALTBalaji's web-series Gandii Baat and Star Plus' soap Behenein. Her publicist Flynn Remedios claimed in a statement that the actor has been suffering from poor health for some time now and thus shouldn't be kept in custody. "There is no pornography in her work. The State should not interfere in the creative and artistic expression of an actor or director. She is not at all involved in the alleged porn racket run by others," read the statement, that also insisted that Gehana Vasisth had suffered four cardiac arrests in last one year, and is also diabetic.

According to her publicist, Gehana Vasisth is being made a victim by vested interests and business competitors who are out to defame her.

" Her sugar levels are above 500 and the day she was arrested, her sugar was 600," said the statement. According to Remedios, as the producer and director of her company GV Studios, Vasisth has only produced and directed films that are permissible in law and at most can be classified or categorized as erotica. "She is being falsely implicated and trapped or made a victim by vested interests and business competitors who are out to defame her. We have full faith in the judiciary and the Indian legal system," the publicist further said in the statement.

This is a developing story.