Akshay Kumar gave a defamation notice of Rs 500 crore to YouTuber

  Akshay Kumar, in a legal notice sent through law firm IC Legal on November 17, said that Rashid Siddiqui had uploaded a number of abusive videos against him in his YouTube channel FF News.

Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar gave a notice of defamation to a YouTuber from Bihar, demanding Kumar 500 crore for making "false and baseless allegations" against him in the case of Sushant Singh Rajput's death.

Akshay Kumar, in a legal notice sent through law firm IC Legal on November 17, said that Rashid Siddiqui uploaded a number of abusive, insulting and abusive videos against him in his YouTube channel FF News.

The Bollywood superstar has apologized unconditionally to YouTuber, who has been booked by Mumbai Police in a separate defamation case, and has also removed the objectionable video from his channel.

Our client (Akshay Kumar) says that because of your (Rashid Siddiqui's) blasphemous, abusive and insulting videos, he has suffered mental trauma and heavy loss, including loss of reputation and harmony, which our client has received from our 500 crores. , Looks into the notice. said.

The above video accuses our client (Akshay Kumar) of making false and baseless allegations that he helped (actor) Riya Chakraborty to escape in Canada, that our client (Maharashtra Minister) Aditya Thackeray and Mumbai Police Commissioner along with Gupta Discussed death in meetings. Sushant Singh Rajput and so on, the notice said.

These videos are false, baseless, defamatory and intentionally published to mislead the public and are just a cheap publicity stunt, the law firm said in the notice.

The notice states that our client is resentful and faces public embarrassment, restlessness and restlessness.

The superstar has asked Rashid Siddiqui to apologize unconditionally, take down all the videos where references are made about him and prevent him from uploading such clips in future.

The notice stated that if Rashid Siddiqui fails to respond to the notice within a period of three days, the actor will initiate legal proceedings against him.

The Mumbai Police has separately registered a case against Rashid Siddiqui for defamation, public misconduct and willful disrespect for his post against the city police, the Maharashtra government and Minister Aditya Thackeray.

Rashid Siddiqui was granted anticipatory bail in the case by a Mumbai court on November 3, who directed him to cooperate in the investigation.

Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his suburban Bandra apartment on 14 June. Riya Chakraborty, the late actor's girlfriend, was arrested by the NCB in a drug case related to the death of Sushant Rajput.

Riya Chakraborty and some others also faced criminal conspiracy and are accused of "abetment to suicide" in connection with Sushant Rajput's death, which is being investigated by the CBI.