Also read | Mahmood Farooqui convicted for raping American scholar2015December 25: A fast-track court has finished recording the testimony of defence witnesses in the rape trial involving filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui. June 22: Co-director of Peepli (Live), Mahmood Farooqui, has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a US-based woman around three months ago. January 26: Mahmood Farooqui was granted regular bail in a rape case by a special fast track court for his “good conduct”. Delhi’s Saket court on Saturday convicted ‘Peepli Live’ film co-director Mahmood Farooqui for raping a 35-year-old American woman in 2015. August 20: Mahmood Farooqui, an accused in a rape case, moved for bail in a Delhi court.

Source: Indian Express July 30, 2016 11:37 UTC