Retired Merchant Navy officer Ajit Vadakayil arrested for defaming actor Aamir Khan

The retired Merchant Navy officer, Ajit Vadakayil, was arrested from Manipal in Karnataka on the basis of a complaint lodged by Aamir Khan.

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Retired Merchant Navy officer Ajit Vadakayil arrested for defaming actor Aamir Khan
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A retired Merchant Navy officer has been arrested for allegedly defaming Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and his television show Satyamev Jayate on social media. The retired officer - Ajit Vadakayil, 58 - was arrested from Manipal in Karnataka on Thursday, the Mumbai police said.

Vadakayil's arrest came after a complaint was lodged by the actor. In his complaint, Khan said that "false messages which claimed that donations sought in his TV show were going to a trust working for a particular religion" were being circulated through electronic media.

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"Vadakayil was arrested and was immediately granted bail. Today, we filed a chargesheet against him in the court," a crime branch officer said.

Vadakayil has been booked under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act and for defamation under the Indian Penal Code.

Last month, Aamir Khan had met Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Sadanand Date at Mumbai Police headquarters and briefed him about the "false and malicious messages" being circulated on social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and messaging app WhatsApp were damaging his image and the reputation of his issue-based reality show.

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The Cyber Crime Investigation cell had later blocked the content on the website.

Khan, through a social networking site, had said false and malicious messages were circulating through various electronic media, including Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks alleging donations are being sought in his television programme Satyamev Jayate, in relation to an entity by the name of Humanity Trust working for a particular religion.

Khan had said West Bengal's Humanity Trust had nothing to do with Humanity Trust referred to in the messages.

The actor had also clarified "all donations sought in the show are used and channelised for entirely deserving and secular causes, contrary to the content of the highly mischievous/malicious insinuations in the messages, being circulated by vested and unscrupulous interest."