Item girl Rakhi Sawant does it again!

Press Trust of India
Posted online: Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 1849 hours IST

Mumbai, May 20: Bollywood ‘item girl’ Rakhi Sawant has been booked in an obscenity case for her gestures and skimpy costume at a stage show in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.

“A case under Sections 110, 112 and 170 of the Bombay Police Act has been registered for indecent behaviour and gestures,” Superintendent of Police Sukhwinder Singh said on Saturday on phone from Kolhapur.

Sawant performed in a skimpy costume at Kolhapur on May 18 as a brand ambassador for a well-known beer brand, inviting the ire of police who registered a case.

“The performance and her gestures were leading to a law and problem, as a result of which we asked the organiser to stop the show and they complied with our orders,” Singh said.

Sawant, however, is unperturbed. “So what if people call me an item girl? I like it. I have not received any notice or intimation from the police in the case,” Sawant, who was on her way to Solapur for another stage show, said over phone.

“The costumes I wore at the Kolhapur show were made for me by the organiser and featured the brand name,” she said. “However, I may not wear the organiser’s costumes at Solapur and instead stick to my own costumes, which include a jacket but not a skirt like the one I wore at Kolhapur,” she said.

The Kolhapur show was organised by the Highwords Group of Companies and the organiser, Gaurav Thakur, has been booked along with Sawant.