Actor Rakhi Sawant was detained by the Mumbai police on Thursday and produced at the Amboli police station. Her arrest was in connection with a case filed by Sherlyn Chopra. Sawant was detained by the Mumbai police and brought to the Amboli police station for further questioning.
Both in November last year Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra filed police complaints against each other on allegations of sexual harassment and defamation. News agency ANI shared an update through a tweet and posted, “Amboli Police has arrested actor Rakhi Sawant after the model complained that she had gone viral with her inappropriate videos and photos. Rakhi Sawant was brought to Amboli PS for further questioning: Mumbai Police.
Bombay: Actor Rakhi Sawant has been detained by the Amboli police after the model complained that her inappropriate videos and photos went viral. Rakhi Sawant was brought to Amboli PS for further questioning: Mumbai Police
— ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2023
Sherlyn Chopra also wrote that Rakhi Sawant’s anticipatory bail plea was rejected by a Mumbai court on Wednesday. “BREAKING NEWS!!! AMBOLI POLICE ARRESTED RAKHI SAWANT IN RESPECT OF THIS FIR 883/2022. ABA 1870/2022 RAKHI SAWANTA WAS DISMISSED BY THE BOMBAY SESSIONS COURT YESTERDAY,” she tweeted.
On Thursday, Rakhi Sawant and husband Adil Durrani were also set to launch The Rakhi Sawant Academy, a dance, acting and Zumba school. When indianexpress.com reached out to the team, they replied via SMS, “Grand Opening of Rakhi sawant Academy Event has been canceled due to some reason, we will inform you about the next date.”
The verbal spat between Sherlyn Chopra and Rakhi Sawant started after the former leveled allegations of sexual harassment against actor-producer Sajid Khan, who was then a contestant on Bigg Boss 16. Rakhi, while talking to the media, allegedly made defamatory and derogatory comments. against Sherlyn regarding her allegations against Sajid.
Rakhi Sawant was last seen in Bigg Boss Marathi. She recently claimed that her husband did not accept their wedding in public. After keeping a low profile for a few days, Adil Durrani finally came forward and acknowledged that they were indeed married.
