Akshay Kumar Files Rs 500 Crore Defamation Suit Against YouTuber Who Claimed He Helped Rhea Escape
Actor Akshay Kumar served a defamation notice to a YouTuber, Rashid Siddiqui who was arrested for raking in lakhs for posting misleading news in Sushant Singh Rajput's death case.
Actor
Akshay
Kumar
served
a
defamation
notice
to
a
YouTuber,
Rashid
Siddiqui
who
was
arrested
for
raking
in
lakhs
for
posting
misleading
news
in
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death
case.
According
to
a
report
in
Mid-Day,
Rashid
Siddiqui,
a
25-year-old
civil
engineer
and
YouTuber
from
Bihar,
has
been
accused
of
defamation,
public
mischief
and
intentional
insult
in
a
case
filed
by
Shiv
Sena's
legal
cell.
Siddiqui
reportedly,
through
his
videos,
maligned
the
image
of
Mumbai
Police
and
made
videos
on
various
conspiracy
theories
in
the
late
actor's
death
case.
He
also
named
Bollywood
actor
Akshay
Kumar
in
several
videos
and
levelled
various
allegations
against
him.
The
report
in
Mid-Day
stated
that
Siddiqui
alleged
in
his
videos
that
Akshay
helped
accused
Rhea
Chakraborty
escape
to
Canada.
The
video
also
alleges
that
the
Housefull
4
actor
had
secret
meetings
with
Uddhav
Thackeray
and
Aaditya
Thackeray
about
SSR's
death.
Akshay
has
now
filed
a
Rs
500
crore
defamation
suit
against
Siddiqui,
who
owns
a
YouTube
channel
named
FF
News.
The
report
also
revealed
that
Siddiqui
earned
close
to
Rs
15
lakh
in
a
span
of
six
months
as
his
subscribers
also
grew
to
3.70
lakh
.
A
senior
IPS
officer
told
the
portal,
"The
actor's
death
was
used
as
an
opportunity
to
earn
money
as
people
were
curious
about
the
case.
Once
the
media
started
reporting
different
theories,
YouTubers
too
grabbed
the
opportunity
and
started
posting
fake
content.
They
maligned
Mumbai
police's
image
and
earned
money
during
the
lockdown." The
court
granted
him
anticipatory
bail
and
asked
him
to
cooperate
with
the
police
in
the
investigation.