Akshay, Twinkle in legal soup over 'Rustom' uniform auction
New Delhi
May 9, 2018
Bollywood couple Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna have been
issued a legal notice for auctioning the naval uniform that the actor wore in
2016 film 'Rustom' as they have "played with the sentiments" of those serving in
different armed forces.
Besides Akshay and Twinkle, the notice has also been
served to auction house SaltScout, which has put out the naval officer uniform
for online bidding. Till Wednesday, the highest bid offered for the uniform was
Rs 2,35,000. The auction closes on May 26.
"Nobody has ever auctioned an
original naval uniform. After this many said that this shouldn't have happened.
They have played with the sentiments of armed forces personnel," Smita Dikshit,
the lawyer who has sent the notice, told ANI.
"Celebrities get to wear the
uniform for a three-hour movie and then they think they have got a blatant right
to auction that uniform and compromise national security," she said.
"In the
notice, we have informed them that you cannot auction anything related to the
armed forces. Despite all this, the auction is still live. So, we have given
them seven days time to put it down otherwise we will move to the concerned
court," Dikshit added.
On April 26, Twinkle posted information about the
auction on Instagram claiming that the money raised from the auction would be
used for social causes.
"Using all the goodwill I have left to raise money
for a good cause Do bid folks! And thank you @karanjohar @hrithikroshan
@sonamkapoor and of course @akshaykumar for giving all this fab stuff to
@saltscout toward the Janice Smith trust for animal welfare," she wrote
New Delhi
May 9, 2018
Bollywood couple Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna have been
issued a legal notice for auctioning the naval uniform that the actor wore in
2016 film 'Rustom' as they have "played with the sentiments" of those serving in
different armed forces.
Besides Akshay and Twinkle, the notice has also been
served to auction house SaltScout, which has put out the naval officer uniform
for online bidding. Till Wednesday, the highest bid offered for the uniform was
Rs 2,35,000. The auction closes on May 26.
"Nobody has ever auctioned an
original naval uniform. After this many said that this shouldn't have happened.
They have played with the sentiments of armed forces personnel," Smita Dikshit,
the lawyer who has sent the notice, told ANI.
"Celebrities get to wear the
uniform for a three-hour movie and then they think they have got a blatant right
to auction that uniform and compromise national security," she said.
"In the
notice, we have informed them that you cannot auction anything related to the
armed forces. Despite all this, the auction is still live. So, we have given
them seven days time to put it down otherwise we will move to the concerned
court," Dikshit added.
On April 26, Twinkle posted information about the
auction on Instagram claiming that the money raised from the auction would be
used for social causes.
"Using all the goodwill I have left to raise money
for a good cause Do bid folks! And thank you @karanjohar @hrithikroshan
@sonamkapoor and of course @akshaykumar for giving all this fab stuff to
@saltscout toward the Janice Smith trust for animal welfare," she wrote
Tags: Akshay KumarTwinkle KhannaRustom