Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi was on Thursday booked by Mumbai Police on charges of raping a woman, who is also an actor.

Pancholi claimed he has been implicated in a false case, adding the law will take its course.

Suburban Versova Police registered the case against Pancholi under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323 (assault), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison) and 384 (extortion), a senior official said.

According to the complainant actress Kangana Ranaut, the 54-year-old actor sexually assaulted her between 2004 and 2009, said police spokesperson DCP Manjunath Singte.

Pancholi also beat her up and confined her to his house whenever she tried to approach police during this period, the complaint said.

The actress also alleged that Pancholi demanded Rs 1 crore from her for not showing her private photographs to her family and friends, and claimed she paid him Rs 50 lakh.

Further probe is on and Pancholi has not been questioned yet, another police official said.

In a series of tweets, Kangana’s sister Rangoli Chandel revealed that a case against Pancholi was registered back in 2007. 

Chandel wrote: “Whoever it may concern, complaint against Pancholi had been lodged in 2007 for physical abuse harassment and extortion, he has taken more than 1cr from Kangana saying he has fed her for 3 months when she was homeless ( grocery bill of three months 🙄)...(contd) (SIC).” 

Chandel continued: “(Contd)... but he wanted more money after that, last message of extortion I myself received from him was in 2016 which has been submitted to cops and now FIR has been lodged, she had absolutely no time for all this...”

Reacting to the development, Pancholi, who starred in several Bollywood films in the 1990s, said, "It is a false rape case that they were planning and now they have done it. I was anticipating this. This was pre-planned as I had filed a defamation case against them.”

"It is not a small allegation, the law will take its course, I will fight out... the truth will come out,” he added.