Rahul Mahajan and his TV bride will honeymoon in Maldives

Reality TV star Rahul Mahajan will leave with his dulhaniya Dimpy Ganguly on a honeymoon to Maldives, with a legal nod, unlike his predecessor Rakhi Sawant, whose much-hyped swayamvar ended in an anti-climax!

A local court on Tuesday granted Mahajan, son of Bharatiya Janata Party leader, the late Pramod Mahajan, permission to go to the Maldives and Ireland for his honeymoon from March 9 to 30, while releasing his passport against a surety and a personal bond of Rs5 lakh each. Mahajan was told to submit his marriage certificate to the court within two months.

Additional sessions judge JPS Malik, who cleared Mahajan’s plea, directed him to submit an undertaking that he would not indulge in shooting during his honeymoon.

Mahajan’s passport had been deposited in court when he was granted bail in a drug abuse case in 2006. In August 2006, Mahajan had been granted permission to visit Seychelles on a honeymoon with his first wife, Shweta Singh, a pilot. Two years later, in August, Mahajan and Singh filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences”.

The case against Mahajan, under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act had been filed on June 5, 2006. But the trial is yet to begin as records in the case are with the Delhi high court, which is hearing various revision petitions against framing of charges under the NDPS Act.

Mahajan and his father’s secretary, Vivek Moitra, were admitted to the capital’s Apollo Hospital on June 2, 2006, after they allegedly consumed contraband drugs laced with alcohol at Pramod Mahajan’s then official residence at 7, Safdarjung Road. Moitra died in hospital soon after.

Though Mahajan had been let off on drug trafficking charges, he had been booked for consumption of banned drugs.