Bihar Court orders FIR against Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Preity Zinta

A Bihar Court, on Tuesday, ordered the authorities to lodge an FIR against the actors, Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit and also against Preity Zinta for endorsing Maggie. The court has also directed the police to arrest the celebrities, if necessary. The three actors are already facing similar case in Barabanki court of Uttar Pradesh.

The petitioner, Advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha filed a case in the Muzaffarpur court against the Nestle, Amitabh and Madhuri. Ojha said that he fell ill after eating Maggie on May 30. He revealed the news, saying, “The court of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ramchandra Prasad after hearing the case directed that an FIR to be lodged against the officials of Maggi noodles maker Nestle and Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit in Muzaffarpur's Kazi Mohammadpur police station”.

The additional secretary of Consumer Affairs, G Gurucharan, said that the actors are liable to action. He added, “It becomes a misleading advertisement if it is found that the product does not have the attributes that the manufacturer professed. And if the brand ambassador has promoted that product and said specifically that the product has those attributes, they are also certainly liable for action”.