Priyanka Gandhi's PA allegedly misbehaved with 'Bigg Boss' contestant; case filed

Actress and 'Bigg Boss Hindi' 16 contestant Archana Gautam's father has lodged a case against Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's PA Sandeep Kumar at Partapur police station alleging that his daughter was "threatened with death".

"Casteist words were also spoken," he alleged in his complaint. Archana Gautam herself made these claims a Facebook Live.

On a complaint from Gautam's father, Sandeep Singh has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman), Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohit Singh Sajwan said. He has also been charged under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the SSP said and added that the case has been registered at the Partapur police station, PTI reported.

According to her father, the actress had gone to Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 26 February 2023 to attend the Congress General Convention at the invitation of Priyanka Gandhi. However, Priyanka's PA behaved rudely when Archana sought time to meet her. "But, he refused to introduce her to Priyanka Gandhi. Also used casteist words and indecent language while talking rudely to Archana. Apart from this, he also threatened to kill her," the father of Gautam alleged.

Meerut City's SP Piyush Singh told ANI that a case has been registered on the complaint of Archana Gautam's father. "A First Information Report has been registered against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's PA for allegedly threatening former Bigg Boss contestant & Congress leader Archana Gautam," the officer said. "Further probe is underway," SP Meerut added.

Archana Gautam is a model and beauty pageant title holder, who won Miss Bikini India 2018. She had represented India at Miss Cosmos World 2018 and won subtitle of Most Talent 2018. In 2022, she appeared in 'Bigg Boss 16'.

Actor-turned-politician and Big Boss-fame Archana Gautam had unsuccessfully contested from the Hastinapur reserved seat in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on a Congress ticket and was considered a Dalit face of the party in the region.