Jhansi : A day after a court in Jhansi issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against actor Rakhi Sawant in a 2010 case of alleged abetment to suicide, a purported video of the actress has surfaced in which she denies any involvement in the case, claiming that she was merely a host of the reality show and had spoken as directed by the channel.
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Whatever the channel asked me to say, I said,” she claimed, adding that she did not even remember the man involved in the case, which she described as decades-old. Sawant, however, said she respected the law and stood with Jhansi police and the court. In the nearly two-minute video, Sawant is heard saying that she had no personal connection with the deceased and that her statements on the programme ‘Rakhi Ka Insaaf’ were part of a script. “I was only a host. Sawant further claimed that the allegations against her and the channel were unwarranted, arguing that the incident occurred after the programme had ended and that she had no connection with what happened subsequently. She alleged that her celebrity status was being used to revive an old controversy and issue threats against her. Download the TOI App.