Updated On: 06 June, 2021 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ekta Kapoor shared a long note on Instagram, claiming that Pearl is being framed by the girl`s father. She also made a shocking revelation, through her post, about having a conversation with the girl`s mother who confessed that Pearl is innocent.

Ekta Kapoor, Pearl V Puri (Photo/AFP, mid-day archives)
After Anita Hassanandani, it`s Ekta Kapoor, Surbhi Jyoti, Krystle D`souza, Shalin Bhanot among other Television celebrities who are in support of actor Pearl V Puri, who has been booked under alleged rape charges. The actor is receiving immense support from his friends and colleagues from the television industry.
Pearl was arrested on Saturday by the Waliv and Mumbai Police on charges of raping a minor girl. As per the police, a case has been registered against him under Section 376 of IPC and POSCO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act 4,8,12, 19 and 21. He was remanded in police custody in the case registered with the Waliv Police by the father of the minor girl, whom he had allegedly raped.