Actor Urvashi Rautela serves defamation notice to journalist over fake news Tweet

Actor Urvashi Rautela announced that she had served a journalist a legal defamation notice for posting false information about her on the microblogging site Twitter. She claimed that journalist Umair Sandhu posted a fake tweet about the actor and stated that as he was not her 'official spokesperson' his claims were of a defamatory nature.

She shared the fake tweet on Instagram and said that it made her family uncomfortable with his allegations.

On Instagram, the actor shared, "Defamation legal notice has been served by my legal team. Definitely disgruntled by indecent journalist like you for your spurious / ridiculous tweets. You're not my official spokesperson. And yes you're a very immature journalist who made me & my family extremely uncomfortable. #love #UrvashiRautela #UR1."

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She also shared an image of Umair's tweet which said was fake. The tweet alleged that actor Akhil Akkineni, the son of Nagarjuna, had harassed Urvashi while she filmed a song from his upcoming film Agent in Europe. Umair also implied that the actor told him that Akhil was 'immature' and she felt uncomfortable with him.

Her followers and fans responded to her claims and assured her that everything would be alright soon.

One fan wrote, "Don't worry @urvashirautela ma'am all urvashians are with you we will always support you we will always stand by you." Another added, "@urvashirautela Mam, We all #urvashians know that you are soo humble & kindness girl But these fake illegal news are made by haters Don't worry Mam We always support you @urvashirautela #agent #agentonapril28th."

The journalist in questions, Umair Sandhu, is based out of Kuwait and has not yet responded to the claims yet. In her Instagram post, Urvashi also called him 'disgruntled' and 'indecent' for posting falsehoods.

Urvashi Rautela is going to make her debut in Telugu films with her new release Waltair Veerayya and is also currently working on two more Telugu films, including the feature Black Rose.

The former beauty queen made her Bollywood debut with the film 'Singh Saab The Great' (2013) in which she starred opposite Sunny Deol. Urvashi has appeared in a number of music videos including Yo Yo Honey Singh's international video album Love Dose in October 2014.

Last month, Urvashi was spotted with Jalebi Baby singer Jason Derulo who had arrived in India for work. She and Jason are said to be working on a music video titled Soniye that is going to be released soon.