Ranveer Singh: Arrest warrant issued against Deepika Padukone

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Ram Leela’ starring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, has been released and also gone on to be a big hit at the box office, but the controversies have not stopped. Now it seems that a court in Muzaffarpur on Friday issued arrest warrants against Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela director-producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, actors Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Ranveer Singh in connection with a case alleging that a few scenes in the movie hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.

As per sources , “Warrants were issued in connection with a case alleging that a few scenes in the movie hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus. Warrants were also issued against another producer, Kishore Lulla,Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) S P Singh directed the Mumbai Police Commissioner to arrest the persons concerned and produce them at his court on June 4.”

Sources further added that, “These warrants were issued based on a complaint case under various sections of the IPC filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in November last year alleging the movie hurt religious sentiments of Hindus. The Madhya Pradesh High Court had stopped the release of the movie till November 22, 2013 but it was released here on November 12 itself. The CJM took cognisance of the case on February 14 this year and summoned the actors and the director, who did not turn up following which today the warrants were issued.”