Bollywood / Arbaaz files defamation case after social media posts say he was held in Sushant case

Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan has filed a defamation case against some social media users who alleged his involvement in death cases of Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian. The erroneous portrayal in the posts included saying the actor-producer was arrested and taken into unofficial custody of CBI. The court directed users to immediately withdraw/recall/take down the alleged defamatory content.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Sep 29, 2020, 06:08 PM
Mumbai: Arbaaz Khan has filed a defamation case against some social media users who are alleging his involvement in Sushant Singh Rajput and his manager Disha Salian's death case.

Arbaaz Khan has filed a defamation case against certain known as well unknown social media users who are making defamatory allegations in posts and online videos, alleging his involvement in the recent unfortunate deaths of Disha Salian and Sushant Singh Rajput which are currently under investigation.

Arbaaz Khan filed a defamation suit before the Hon’ble Bombay Civil Court. On September 28th, the Hon’ble Court was pleased to grant an interim order against the named Defendants Vibhor Anand and Sakshi Bhandari, and unknown defendants - which is in the nature of a John Doe / Ashok Kumar order - directing the defendants to immediately withdraw/ recall/ take down the defamatory content including the content described in the suit and any other and further defamatory content which is published directly or indirectly by any of them.

These include posts, messages, tweets, videos, interviews, communications and correspondence and other defamatory content on social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other mediums that talk about Arbaaz Khan or his family members.

Arbaaz has produced the extremely successful Dabangg and Dabangg 2 under his banner. Arbaaz had also produced the third installment of the popular Dabangg franchise, which saw Salman Khan return as Inspector Chulbul Pandey.

The NCB is probing the drug angle in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. The actor was found dead at his Bandra home on June 14.