Rajesh Khanna’s alleged live in partner Anita Advani has filed a domestic violence complaint against Rajesh Khanna’s family including his wife Dimple Kapadia, eldest daughter Twinkle Khanna and her husband Akshay Kumar and Rajesh Khanna’s youngest daughter Rinkie Khanna and her husband at Bandra Court.
In her petition, Anita Advani has accused Rajesh Khanna's family of having wrongly evicted her from his bungalow, thereby attracting provisions of the Domestic Violence Act. Anita Advani also demanded maintenance on the ground that she had looked after the actor as a wife would have done.
A metropolitan court has ordered notices to be issues to Rajesh Khanna’s family members.
"The notices were hand delivered to us today and we shall serve them on Rajesh Khanna's family tomorrow through a bailiff. The matter is posted for hearing on interim reliefs on November 27," her lawyer Manohar Shetty told PTI.
Anita Advani also seeked protection under the Domestic Violence Act, allowed access to Aashirwad, the actor's bungalow in Bandra where she claimed to have lived with Rajesh Khanna since 2003.