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Case registered against Payal Rohatgi for her alleged defamatory video against Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and others

Payal Rohatgi has landed in legal trouble for one of her social media videos. A case has been registered against the actress in Pune, following an FIR against her ‘defamatory’ clip. According to ANI, Payal Rohatgi is facing a case for allegedly using objectionable words against Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi & Rajiv Gandhi in a video shared on social media, under sections 153 (a), 500, 505(2) and 34 of IPC.

According to several reports, Pune District Congress general secretary Sangeeta Tiwari had lodged a complaint with Shivajinagar police in this regard.

Last year too Payal Rohatgi had hit headlines when she was detained by the police in Rajasthan. She jad landed in trouble for her social media video, wherein she allegedly made defamatory comments on former Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, his father Motilal Nehru, and the entire Nehru family. According to ANI, Charmesh Sharma, Youth Congress leader had then filed a complaint against Payal under under sections 66 and 67 of the IT Act, however she was later granted bail by a local court in Bundi, Rajasthan.

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