Jeetendra on Wednesday has been accused of sexually harassing his cousin, who has come forward to file a police complaint 47 years after the alleged incident. Jeetendra termed the charges on him “baseless” and a “miserable effort by a jealous competitor to disrupt his business activities”.

Jeetendra, whose real name is Ravi Kapoor, is the son of the victim’s father’s sister.

According to Bollywood sources the victim made the allegation in a police complaint filed with Himachal Pradesh’s Director General of Police. A copy of the complaint is with IANS.

As per the complaint, the incident took place in January 1971, when the victim was 18 and Jeetendra was 28. It happened when he “arranged” for the victim to join him from New Delhi to Shimla on the set of his movie without the complainant’s “awareness”.

The victim has claimed that on the night they reached Shimla, Jeetendra returned to the room in an inebriated state, joined the two separate beds and sexually assaulted her.

A statement issued by his lawyer said Jeetendra categorically denies any such incident took place. Rizwan Siddiquee said. “..Such baseless, ridiculous and fabricated claims cannot be entertained by any Court of law or the law enforcement agencies after a span of almost 50 years. Jeetendra, now 75, is a well-known name in the Hindi film industry. He is also a film producer, and has daughter Ekta and son Tusshar with wife Shobhaa.