Mumbai
Police's
Crime
Branch
will
investigate
item
girl
Rakhi
Sawant's
complaint
against
television
channel
Star
TV.
Rakhi
had
flied
a
complaint
accusing
the
channel
of
manipulating
with
the
audience
voting
system
for
the
reality
dance
show,
Nach
Baliye
3.
Rakhi
and
her
partner
Abhishek
Awasthi
lost
the
competition
to
the
jodi
of
Aamir
Ali
and
Sanjeeda
Sheikh
on
the
basis
of
audience
votes.
The
Oshiwara
police
station
Mumbai
had
received
a
written
complaint
from
her
Rakhi
and
her
boyfriend
Abhishek
Awasthi
alleging
malpractices
by
the
channel.
The
police
although
have
accepted
the
complaint
but
have
not
registered
a
case
yet.
The
office
in
charge
said
that
they
will
go
through
the
merit
of
the
case
before
taking
any
further
action.
The
case
may
be
referred
to
the
cyber
crime
cell
of
the
police
as
it
involves
investigation
on
the
voting
software.
Trouble
started
when
the
results
of
the
contest
were
declared
last
Sunday
and
Aamir
and
Sanjeeda
were
crowned
as
winners.
Rakhi
and
Abhishek
who
had
performed
well
throughout
the
event
staged
a
walk
out
in
protest.
The
duo
did
not
even
come
to
collect
the
runners
up
trophy.
Later
that
night
they
called
a
press
conference
and
made
their
allegations
against
the
channel
alleging
that
Rakhi
Sawant's
fame
has
been
used
to
increase
the
TRPs
for
the
channel.
Star
TV
has
however
dismissed
her
allegations
saying
its
a
publicity
stunt
from
the
item
girl.
Story first published: Wednesday, December 26, 2007, 12:34 [IST]