Mumbai,
Jan
27
(PTI)
Television
actor
Raja
Chaudhary
has
been
arrested
for
allegedly
assaulting
his
former
wife
and
the
'Bigg
Boss'
winner
Shweta
Tiwari,
police
said
today.
Chaudhary,
on
the
run
after
beating
up
his
ex-wife,
was
picked
up
from
Lokhandwala
area
yesterday
afternoon,
police
said
adding
that
he
was
produced
before
a
local
court
today
which
granted
him
bail.
According
to
police,
Chaudhary
barged
into
Shweta's
house
in
Shiv
Shakti
society
in
suburban
Malad
on
Tuesday
around
1
am,
and
assaulted
her
and
her
friend
Abhinav
Kohli.
Tiwari,
the
first
woman
to
win
in
the
reality
show
Big
Boss,
lodged
a
complaint
on
the
same
day,
police
said.
"Chaudhary
was
booked
for
assaulting
his
wife
and
her
friend,
trespassing
into
the
house,
and
abusing," said
RD
Prabhu,
Senior
Inspector
at
Malad
police
station.
On
Tuesday,
after
Shweta
lodged
the
complaint,
he
could
not
be
traced,
the
officer
said
adding
that
"we
picked
him
up
from
Lokhandwala
area
yesterday".
Chaudhary
was
today
produced
before
a
local
court
which
first
remanded
him
to
judicial
custody.
"Later,
he
applied
for
bail.
He
was
granted
cash-bail
of
Rs
20,000
by
the
court," Prabhu
said.