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After
protests in several cities over Richard Gere's on-stage kissing and
hugging of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty, an NGO activist here Tuesday
filed a police complaint against the celebrity duo.
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Subodh
Jain, head of a small NGO called Citizen Fundamental had filed the
complaint early Tuesday in the Man Sarovar police station in northeast
Delhi, for "spreading obscenity" at a public place.
"I have
filed a police complaint against Gere for spreading obscenity at a
public place and against Shetty for supporting him," Jain, a
journalist-turned activist, told IANS.
During the AIDS awareness
event on Sunday evening at the Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar, Gere
hugged Shetty, bent over her and planted several kisses on her cheeks.
The
kissing episode has raised the hackles of several conservative groups,
with protestors coming out on the streets and burning effigies of the
actors. Protests were staged in Kanpur, Varanasi (both in Uttar
Pradesh), Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Jaipur (Rajasthan), Mumbai and Delhi.
Jain
said though such scenes are common in Bollywood movies, it could have
been avoided in a public place that too in front of thousands of truck
drivers. He said the police have assured him they would take necessary
steps after availing legal opinion.
However, J. Singh, Deputy
Commissioner of Police (northeast Delhi) said: "Since kissing is not
banned in India, we have filed a police complaint but no FIR has been
registered."
An agitated Shetty Tuesday lashed out at TV
channels for repeatedly showing her 'hug and kiss' with Hollywood actor
Richard Gere.
"I wish the electronic media wouldn't play the
clip over and over again. It's annoying and serves no purpose. There
are so many larger issues. In fact, we were there to spread AIDS
awareness among truckers," she told IANS.
Indo-Asian News Service
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