The actress, who recently levelled sexual harassment charges against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, claimed she is related to freedom fighters from Bengal, Binoy Bose and Badal Gupta.

 

"I come from a family where my dad's great grandfather was a revolution journalist & have a statue In central Kolkata. 1 of my uncle remain the mayor of Kolkata, big business houses like peerless, kc Pal etc R our close relatives. Have blue blood running in my vein," Payal tweeted.

 

"& I too love to serve the society! Binoy Badal of Binoy Badal Dinesh are again our relatives who fought for the country till their last breath. So excuse me, I will be last person to play with anyone's reputation but I won't leave any1 if any1 does anything wrong to me," she wrote in a separate tweet.

 

Earlier this week, Payal joined Union Minister Ramdas Athawale's political outfit, Republican Party of India - A.