Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has filed a defamation suit of crores against a YouTuber who brought up his name while spreading fake news. Akshay has served a Rs 500-crore defamation suit against a YouTuber named Rashid Siddiqui, who brought up his name in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. Siddiqui was earlier arrested for spreading fake news and dragging the name of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son, minister Aditya Thackeray, in the case. It has been reported that Siddiqui, a civil engineer from Bihar, has been accused of defamation, public mischief and intentional insult. Siddiqui had also linked Akshay with late actor Sushant`s girlfriend, actress Rhea Chakraborty, claiming that the actor helped Rhea to escape to Canada.

Source: dna November 19, 2020 10:45 UTC