Punjab Police team leaves for Mumbai to arrest Rakhi Sawant

Ludhiana: Ex-Bigg Boss contestant and actress Rakhi Sawant has made into headlines once again.A Punjab Police team has left here for Mumbai to execute an arrest warrant issued by a local court against controversial TV and Bollywood actresss Rakhi Sawant, police said on Monday. The court issued the arrest warrant after Sawant failed to appear before it on March 9 in a case filed against her for making deragatory remarks against sage Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana which chronicles the life and times of Hindu god Lord Rama. The complainants had accused Sawant of hurting religious sentiments of the Valmiki community by her remarks on a TV show. Recently in an interview with ANI, Rakhi said "I am not Salman Khan, I am Rakhi Sawant. You won't get anything by putting charges on me. I am a simple girl who does social work and work in movies," While speaking about the controversy created in the name of Valmiki, the 38-year-old actress said that she used the example of Valmiki's change of soul to explain the change in her friend and singer Mika Singh, when he was accused in an assault case. "I just gave an example from what I have read in my childhood. Just like Valmiki, who got changed from being a robber to a saint, Mika ji also has changed. It was just an example," she said. The case will be next heard on April 10.