#MeToo accused Anirban Blah's suicide bid averted by Mumbai police

Blah, who had co-founded the KWAN Entertainment, was reportedly stopped by the traffic police from jumping off the old Vashi creek bridge around 12.30 AM.

#MeToo accused celebrity manager Anirban Das Blah (Photo | Facebook/Democratic World)

MUMBAI: An alleged suicide attempt by the celebrity manager Anirban Das Blah, who was accused by several former models and actresses in the #MeToo movement last week, was averted by Navi Mumbai police in the early hours of Friday, the police have said.

Blah, who is the co-founder of KWAN Entertainment — one of the largest talent management companies in the country —was reportedly stopped by the traffic police from jumping off the old Vashi creek bridge around 12.30 am. Motorists on the bridge reportedly spotted Blah trying to climbing the barricade of the bridge and alerted the traffic police.

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He looked depressed and was in tears when the police grabbed him and pulled him down, officers who stopped him said.

“He was brought to the police station by traffic cops. We called his family and friends who later came and took him from here,” said Anil Deshmukh of Vashi police station.

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Blah, 39, was asked to step down from his position at Kwan earlier this week after he was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women on a #MeToo thread on Twitter. He was also removed as advisory member of Deepika Padukone’s The Live Love Laugh foundation.

“The past few days have been very disturbing to everyone in the light of the #MeToo movement and it has pushed us all to take a step back and introspect,” the company had said.