Rakhi booked for hurting sentiments

Item girl Rakhi Sawant and controversies seem to have become synonymous. On Monday, Rakhi was booked by the Frezarpura police in Amravati for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community.

In a television show, Rakhi Ki Raisi, that was aired on April 28, viewers were given a glimpse into her lavish and ostentatious lifestyle. While taking the TV crew around the house, Rakhi also took them to her bathroom, where she had kept a statuette of Buddha. A section of viewers in Amravati took strong objection to this, tagging it an “insulting” gesture.

On Monday, a large number of Dalits led by Dilip Edatkar and Dadasaheb Kshirsagar staged demonstrations against Rakhi at the district collectorate. The demonstrators tore and burnt her effigy and posters and hit placards of her pictures with shoes and slippers.

According to sources, Mahesh Tayade of Dalit Panthers lodged a complaint against Rakhi with Frezarpura police station. In his complaint, Tayade stated that by keeping a statuette of Lord Buddha in her bathroom, Rakhi has hurt the religious sentiments of the community and she must seek public apology.

According to the demonstrators, Sawant was shown in a bath tub during the television show against the background of Buddha’s statuette.