TN court issues arrest warrants against Shilpa Shetty, Reema Sen

MADURAI: A local court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen in connection with the publication of their "obscene" pictures in a Tamil eveninger.

The City Judicial Magistrate, Elangovan, directed the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, to arrest the actresses as early as possible and produce them in court.

Dakshninammorthy, a city based advocate, had filed a case against the actresses, and Murugan, Editor of "Tamil Murasu" for publication of the "obscene" pictures, thus violating laws including Sec 109 of IPC (Indecent representation of women), Prevention of Publication of Obscene pictures Act and Sec 3 of the Young persons (Harmful publications) Act.

The advocate contended the pictures "polluted the minds of young people" and demanded action against them.  The actresses should have appeared in court on June 2, as per the Non-bailable warrant issued by the court on March 10.

They were then asked to appear on Tuesday with a warning that arrest warrants would be issued against them.

The actresses through their lawyers contended that they were not in a position to come to the court as they were busy shooting for a film. They also claimed that they were not aware of the pictures published in the eveninger without their permission.