Akki, who has been summoned to Amritsar on November 21, is alleged to have played a role in mediating between the Badals and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
Akshay Kumar found himself embroiled in a controversy for no fault of his. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Punjab Police has summoned the Bollywood superstar along with the state’s former Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal in connection with sacrilege incidents there in 2015. Akki, who has been summoned to Amritsar on November 21, is alleged to have played a role in mediating between the Badals and Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. Incidentally, his wife Twinkle Khanna had, last January, tweeted a photo of Ram Rahim saying he had moved into their neighbourhood.
Denying that he had met Ram Rahim, on Monday afternoon, Akki issued his statement stating:
“It has come to my knowledge that some rumours and false statements are being loosely made on social media about my involvement with a person named Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in the context of the fictitious meeting involving Sh. Sukhbir Singh Badal. With all humility, I would like to state the following facts:
1) I have never ever met Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in my life, anywhere.
2) I learnt from social media at some point that Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh resided for a while at some place in my locality, Juhu, in Mumbai, but we never ever crossed each other’s paths.
3) Over the years, I have dedicatedly made films promoting the Punjabi culture, and the rich history and tradition of Sikhism through films like Singh Is Kinng and Kesari (based on the Battle of Saragarhi) etc. I am proud of being a Punjabi and have the highest regard for the Sikh faith. I shall never do anything that would even remotely hurt the sentiments of my Punjabi brothers and sisters, for whom I have the utmost respect and love.”
He concluded saying that his statement above is the utmost and absolute truth, and signed it off saying, “I challenge anyone who can prove it otherwise.”
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