Akshay Kumar has been summoned by the Punjab High Court in Chandigarh to be questioned about the Bargari sacrilege row. According to latest reports, the questioning round will begin at 10 am and will go on for 30 minutes. We are awaiting more details on the story. Bargari Sacrilege Case: I Never Met Akshay Kumar Outside Punjab in My Life, Says Sukhbir Singh Badal.

Along with him, former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal have been summoned by SIT (Special Investigation Team). Sukhbir Badal, who was questioned at the Punjab police headquarters in Chandigarh for about an hour, was also asked whether he met the actor in Mumbai. The name of actor Akshay Kumar was mentioned in Justice Ranjit Singh Commission report on sacrilege incidents, tabled in Punjab Vidhan Sabha in August this year. Akshay Kumar Issues a Statement to Clarify His Stand in the Bargari Sacrilege Case.

"They (SIT) asked me whether you met Akshay in Mumbai. I asked them what the proof behind this claim was. I told them I never met Akshay Kumar outside Punjab in my life. I met him at a sports function (in Punjab)," he told reporters.

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