FIR against Rakhi Sawant

Fri, Nov 12 07:07 PM

Lucknow, Nov 12 (PTI) An FIR has been lodged with the Jhansi police against TV star Rakhi Sawant and three others in connection with the death of a youth allegedly of acute depression after participating in a reality TV show ''Rakhi Ka Insaaf". "FIR under sections 504 (insult intended to promote breach of peace), 306 (abetment of suicide) and 120 (cheating) IPC has been registered at Prem Nagar police station of Jhansi on the complaint of the mother of the deceased Laxman", ADG (Law and Order) Brij Lal told newspersons here.

As per the complaint by the mother, Savitri Devi, a local scribe Raunak Ali and two others (Satish Misra and Anju Sandhya) contacted Laxman to participate in the show for resolving his marital dispute with Anita whom he had married in February this year, the ADG said. "We reached the Goregaon studio in Mumbai on October 13 where Anita, her parents and another person were already present and during the programme Rakhi publicly humiliated Laxman, shouted at him and termed him as impotent", the mother said in the complaint.

Laxman''s uncle Balbir, who had accompanied the deceased, was also humiliated and serious charges were levelled against him, the woman charged adding that when they objected to it they were threatened by the bodyguards and subjected to foul language.