Apart from their filmy career, our Bollywood stars do make it to headlines for numerous reasons. Nothing goes unnoticed by the public and all that is related to the stars gets revealed out in the open leading to controversies, scandals and more. Bollywood is a very fancy world, but not all can sustain its glamorous life. Many stars, knowingly or unknowingly, get trapped in some or the other illegal acts which bring shame, disappointment and darkness to the stars.
Here is a list of Bollywood actresses who got arrested for scandalous reasons..
Sonali Bendre:
In the year 2001, the ‘Sarfarosh’ lady Sonali Bendre was arrested for hurting the religious sentiments of people. She had dressed up in a yellow kurta with sacred words ‘Om’ and ‘Om Namah Shivay’ printed on it and this became a cause of arrest for Sonali. Along with her, the designer of the dress too was arrested and both of them were then granted bail with a fine of Rs 12000.
Shweta Basu Prasad:
Better known as Khadija from movie ‘Iqbal’, Shweta Basu Prasad shocked everyone with her involvement in a scandalous sex racket. In the year 2014, Shweta Basu Prasad was caught red handed in a compromising position in a hotel room by the Hyderabad police and was then detained by the police. For approximately two month Shweta Basu was kept in a remand home and was then relieved from the charges.
Sana Khan:
Salman Khan’s ‘Jai Ho’ actress Sana Khan and her boyfriend were arrested on the charges of threatening and physically assaulting a woman who had apparently leaked some information about the couple. The case narrates that Sana, her boyfriend and her servant dragged the victim out of a hospital where she had been for a check-up, physically assaulted her and threatened her for life. She then filed a complaint in Amboli Police Station and Sana was arrested with her boyfriend and servant.
Mamta Kulkarni:
Reports state that 90s’ actress Mamta Kulkarni and her husband Vicky Goswami were supposedly arrested in Kenya because of their involvement in a drug racket. Even recently, she rose to limelight in this case, with Thane Police investigating about her for being the face of international drug ring.
Monica Bedi:
Bollywood actress Monica Bedi rose to headlines because of her connections with gangster Abu Salem. The lady, who achieved sky high success in Bollywood industry, tied the knot with the gangster and both of them then fled to Portugal. They made use of fake documents to flee from the country, but then they couldn’t escape the police there. Monica was caught by Portugal police and was arrested on the charges of forging travel documents. She had to spend two years in Portugal jail and she was then sent to India.
Madhubala:
As per reports, veteran actress Madhubala was arrested by the police in the year 1957, as she did not comply with the work commitments she had promised to famous director BR Chopra. She had signed a film with the director and had also taken advance payments for the same, but later she denied acting in the film.
