Anu Malik out of ‘Indian Idol’ after misconduct claims
Singer has been accused by singers Sona Mohapatra and Shweta Pandit of abuse
Singer Anu Malik has been dropped as a jury member on reality show Indian Idol season 10, according to a statement on Sunday.
“Anu Malik is no longer a part of the Indian Idol jury panel. The show will continue its planned schedule and we will invite some of the biggest names in Indian music as guests to join Vishal Dadlani and Neha Kakkar to judge the extraordinary talent of Indian Idol season 10,” the statement said.
He has been accused by singers Sona Mohapatra and Shweta Pandit, who called him a “paedophile” and a “sexual predator”.
Malik has denied allegations that he sexually harassed Pandit.
“The allegations made against my client are emphatically denied as completely false and baseless. My client respects the #MeToo movement, but to use this movement to start a character assassination mission is obnoxious,” Malik’s lawyer Zulfiquar Memon said.