Rajinikanth in legal trouble again, this time over milk wastage

A case has been filed against Rajinikanth and his fan by Dr IMS Manivanna for wasting thousands of litres of milk at the release of his films. A notice has been sent to the actor and the court has asked him to respond to it.

An injunction suit has been filed against Tamil superstar Rajnikanth and his fans, for wasting thousands of litres of milk during the release of his films. Petitioner Dr IMS Manivanna has asked the superstar to come forward wilfully and stop the wastage.

A case has been filed against Rajinikanth and his fans for wasting thousands of litres of milk at the release of his films.(HT Photo)

The petitioner has also appealed to the court to give directives to the actor and his fans. A notice has been sent to the actor and the court has asked him to respond to it. The case was filed on March 26 and the next hearing will be on April 11.

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A fan sprays milk on Rajnikanth’s poster on the star’s birthday. (PTI)

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Of late, Rajinikanth has been dragged into a number of controversies. His last outing Lingaa has been mired in one controversy after another from the time of its making. The film’s distributors had made a demand that Rajinikanth pay for the losses they suffered as the film turned out to be a dud. Lingaa had another case of plagiarism against it, with two different people, Sakthivel and aspiring filmmaker KR Ravi Rathinam, claiming that Lingaa’s story was theirs.