Mumbai's top rapper MC Stan faces assault allegations by ex-girlfriend

Santacruz police are investigating an assault allegation against rapper MC Stan after his exgirlfriend claimed he sent his manager to thrash her Police have filed an FIR against MC Stanrsquos manager and the latterrsquos two friends and are probing the formerrsquos alleged role The incident happened after MC Stan and complainant Auzma Shaikh posted each othersrsquo residential address on social media platforms following the breakupThe complainant Auzma Shaikh 27 told midday that the accused whose official name is Altaf Shaikh a resident of Dadar East has not been arrested yet The FIR was filed on March 3 and no one has been arrested yetAuzma a resident of J B Nagar in Andheri East told midday ldquoI am a music artiste and a rapper We met in November and broke up last month and there was a fight After the breakup he posted my home address on social media He has millions of followers and many of them started coming to my house I also started receiving rape threatsrdquoldquoI too posted MC Stanrsquos and his manager Vardhaman Mehtarsquos home addresses on my Instagram account with a video In revenge he called Santacruz police station and filed a noncognisable complaint against me for posting his address On February 21 I went to the police station with two of my friends after we were called Mehta was there with his friends When we were returning home Mehta and his friends Aakash and Sunny followed us on bikes They stopped the auto verbally abused us kicked and thrashed us and also snatched my iPhone and smashed itrdquo she addedldquoI received many injuries on my face and nose We somehow managed to escape and entered a cake shop and asked for help Meanwhile they fled We went back to Santacruz police station but the police didnrsquot register our complaint Officers told us that they need time to investigate our matter We also went to the DCP office but didnrsquot get any help there either Finally on March 3 Santacruz police registered the FIR in my caserdquo said Auzma whose stage name is YG DonA police officer from Santacruz police station told midday ldquoWe have registered the FIR against Mehta Aakash and Sunny under Sections IPC 354 D stalking 354 assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty 323 punishment for voluntarily causing hurt 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace 506 punishment for criminal intimidation 427 mischief causing damage to the amount of Rs 50 and 34 acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention We have not arrested anyone in this case yetrdquoAuzma Shaikh the complainant in the assault caseMehta told midday ldquoThe allegations by Auzma Shaikh are completely false Nothing has happened and she leaked our address She is doing it for publicity We have secured anticipatory bailrdquo Senior Inspector Dyaneshwar Ganore from Santacruz police station said ldquoWe have registered a case against three people for brutally beating up Auzma on the road We have not filed a case against MC Stan yet as we are checking his involvement in the case We are also checking whether or not Aakash and Sunny have secured anticipatory bailrdquoWho is MC StanA product of Punersquos rap circuit MC Stanrsquos real name is Altaf Shaikh His initiation into music was through qawwali before his brother introduced him to hiphop when he was 12 years old Shaikh initially started Bboying and beatboxing before taking up rapping He has released two albums Insaan and Tadipaar though he is also known for the diss tracks he made about fellow rapper Emiway Bantai after the latter ridiculed him in a song that also had unkind words about Raftaar and Divine But while those two artistes are now firmly in the spotlight Shaikh confessedly prefers to keep a low profile admitting in interviews that hersquod rather be an underground artiste Shunashir SenFeb 21Day the alleged assault happened