Akshay Kumar files Rs 500 cr defamation case against YouTuber for claiming actor helped Rhea
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 19-11-2020
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The YouTuber spreading fake news on his YouTuber channel. He also used Akshay Kumar's name and alleged that the actor helped Rhea Chakraborty escape to Canada. Akshay Kumar 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 while spreading fake news. 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.
The YouTuber used the digital media to allegedly mislead people and spread fake news about several celebrities. He named Akshay on several occasions in his videos and levelled various allegations. In one instance, Siddiqui claimed that Akshay was unhappy with Sushant getting big films like 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story', and alleged that the actor had "secret meetings" with Aditya Thackeray and the Mumbai Police. It has been reported that Siddiqui, a civil engineer from Bihar, has been accused of defamation, public mischief and intentional insult.