Reality show contestant booked for assault
The Hindu
A reality show contestant has been booked for allegedly assaulting a shopkeeper, ransacking the store premises, and threatening the owner and his mother.
Based on a complaint by Kiran Raj, the shopkeeper, the Basaveshwarnagar police have booked the accused, Rajath Kishan, for assault, trespassing, outraging the modesty of a woman and criminal intimidation. Kiran, in his complaint, said Rajath had parked his car in front of his shop in Basaveshwarnagar and started smoking. The parked car was inconveniencing people who wanted to enter the shop, he said.
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