<p>Punjab Police today denied reports that actress Rakhi Sawant, against whom a local court has issued arrest warrant for her alleged objectionable remarks against sage Valmiki, has been arrested, saying she was not found at her address in Mumbai.<br /><br />"Rakhi Sawant has not been arrested. Warrant of arrest has been issued against her by the court... A police team from Ludhiana went to Mumbai to execute the warrant, but she has not been arrested," Police Commissioner Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said here.<br /><br />Ludhiana DCP Dhruman Nimbley said, "A police team from Ludhiana had gone to Mumbai to execute a warrant issued by a court here. However, she was not found at the given address. She has not been arrested yet."<br /><br />He said police will report the matter to the court.<br /><br />The warrant was issued by a local court on March 9 on the basis of a complaint filed against her for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of the Valmiki community with her comments on a programme on a private television channel last year.<br /><br />Sawant had failed to appear before the court during the last hearing of the case on March 9.<br />On the court's instruction, a two member team of Ludhiana police had left for Mumbai with arrest warrants on Sunday.<br /><br />The next hearing of the case was fixed for April 10.</p>
<p>Punjab Police today denied reports that actress Rakhi Sawant, against whom a local court has issued arrest warrant for her alleged objectionable remarks against sage Valmiki, has been arrested, saying she was not found at her address in Mumbai.<br /><br />"Rakhi Sawant has not been arrested. Warrant of arrest has been issued against her by the court... A police team from Ludhiana went to Mumbai to execute the warrant, but she has not been arrested," Police Commissioner Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh said here.<br /><br />Ludhiana DCP Dhruman Nimbley said, "A police team from Ludhiana had gone to Mumbai to execute a warrant issued by a court here. However, she was not found at the given address. She has not been arrested yet."<br /><br />He said police will report the matter to the court.<br /><br />The warrant was issued by a local court on March 9 on the basis of a complaint filed against her for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of the Valmiki community with her comments on a programme on a private television channel last year.<br /><br />Sawant had failed to appear before the court during the last hearing of the case on March 9.<br />On the court's instruction, a two member team of Ludhiana police had left for Mumbai with arrest warrants on Sunday.<br /><br />The next hearing of the case was fixed for April 10.</p>