Kanpur, Nov 30: On the orders of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate here, Kanpur police has filed a case under five sections of IPC against Bollywood star Salman Khan and his bodyguard Shera for assaulting an Anna supporter in public on August 24.
Anna supporter Omendra Bhagat told the court that Salman Khan had come to Kanpur on August 24 to promote his film Bodyguard at a shopping mall, where he and some other Anna supporters went up to Salman to offer him to wear an Anna cap. At that time, Anna Hazare was sitting on indefinite fast at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
The complainant alleged that Shera bashed him up for this act, but police did not register any case.
A case under sections 147, 308, 323, 504 and 506 of Indian Penal Code has been registered against both Salman Khan and his bodyguard Shera at the Kakadev Police Station.