Shilpa 'feels targeted' after arrest warrant
26/04/2007 - 17:50
An Indian court has issued arrest warrants for Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty, saying their kiss at a public function 'transgressed all limits of vulgarity'.
And the Celebrity Big Brother winner, who is currently on a religious pilgrimage in southern India, was upset by the news, said her spokesman Dale Bhagwagar.
"She does hurt, she does feel low. She feels she is being constantly targeted, but anyone who knows her well knows she can't be put down," he said.
"Shilpa wishes that people would focus on the real issue, Aids awareness, and not three pecks on her cheek," he said, adding that she had not yet received any court summons.
Judge Dinesh Gupta issued the warrants in the north-western city of Jaipur after a local citizen filed a complaint charging that the public display of affection offended local sensibilities, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
The judge earlier viewed television footage of the event, which he called 'highly sexually erotic', saying the pair violated India's strict public obscenity laws.
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