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Case filed against Dharmendra

Indore, April 18
A case has been filed in a local court along with a complaint to the Election Commission alleging that Bollywood actor and BJP Lok Sabha candidate from Bikaner in Rajasthan, Dharmendra, had violated the Hindu Marriage Act and Islamic Shariyat by hiding information about the “change in name and religion” for his marriage with Hema Malini in his nomination papers.

The case was filed by Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee’s minority cell Vice-Chairman Akthar Beg and Indore city Congress Vice-President K.K. Mishra under various sections of the IPC, including cheating, in the court of First Class Judicial Magistrate Narendra Jain on April 15.

The court has asked the complainants to record their evidence on April 19, advocate Shailendra Dwivedi, who appeared on behalf of the Congress leaders, said.

The complainants have asked the Election Commission to cancel Dharmendra’s nomination on the ground that he hid information about changing his religion and for the alleged violation of provisions of Hindu Marriage Act and Islamic Shariyat.

They claimed that his name is not Dharmendra Singh at present, but ‘Dilawar Khan’ as he has got married on May 2, 1980, by changing his name along with that of Hema R. Chakravorty (Hema Malini) to ‘Aayesha’ as per the Islamic Shariyat. — PTI