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Rakhi Sawant seeks Rs.50 crore for comparing hers with Kejriwal’s ‘exposes’

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November 13, 2012
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New Delhi, November 13: Agitated over Digvijaya Singh's remark comparing her to Arvind Kejriwal, Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant plans to slap a defamation notice on the Congress leader seeking Rs.50 crore as damages.

Singh had in his tweet on Sunday compared activist-turned-politician Kejriwal with Rakhi saying they both try and expose but without any substance.

"Arvind Kejriwal is like Rakhi Sawant. They both try and expose but with no substance. Apologies to Rakhi Sawant I am an old fan of hers!" Singh had tweeted.

Rakhi shot off letters to the Mumbai police commissioner and the Maharashtra home secretary asking them to book the Congress general secretary for outraging her modesty.

Claiming to be deeply aggrieved by Singh's comments, Rakhi has said she has also asked her lawyer to issue a defamation notice to the Congress leader and seek Rs.50 crore in damages for attacking her noble character.

In her letter to Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh, state home secretary and senior police inspector of suburban Goregaon police station, she said: "I do not know Digvijaya personally. By passing such comment he (Digvijaya) has lowered my image and reputation. I have already issued instruction to my lawyer Ejaz Naqvi to issue notice of defamation and damage of Rs.50 crore from Digvijaya Singh. This is a gruesome attack on my noble character."

Rakhi has urged the police to book the Congress leader under the provisions of Section 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 427 (mischief), 500 (defamation) and 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with life or other imprisonment) of IPC and also under the Information Technology Act. The matter should be probed by the CBI, the letter demands.


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