An
Odia film, television and
jatra actress, who was molested a few days ago at Dereng in Anugul while on her way to act in a jatra, held a press meet today. Members of the Odisha cine artistes association also joined her. The actress, who was injured in the attack, said despite the fact that three days have passed, the prime accused have not been arrested. She also blamed the jatra organisers for not arranging security for the artistes and criticised the jatra troupe she has been working with for not ensuring security of women artistes. The press meet was attended by veteran actors
Bijay Mohanty, Asit Pati, Biju Badajena,
Anu Choudhury, Pinky Pradhan, MP
Siddhant Mohapatra, Poonam Mishra, Sofia Alam and others. The association also said they would advise their members whenever they visit places for events. They should ensure enough security arrangements made and only then they should go ahead with the programmes.