Television actor Karan Mehra, who played the role of an ideal father and a doting husband in one of the country’s longest running daily soaps, has been accused of beating his wife. Nisha Rawal, who is also a famous TV actor and a model, alleged that her husband Karan hit her after a fight on monday night.
Mehra was arrested on Tuesday morning and was, however, shortly granted bail.
The Goregaon Police has filed a case against him under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 336 (endangering human life or the personal safety others), 337 (causing hurt by an act which endangers human life), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation).
There were rumours of a rift between the two had been around for more than a month to which the couple had denied.
Rawal has appeared in multiple TV commercials, including those for Coca Cola, Sunsilk shampoo, among others. She has also acted in a few Bollywood movies.
The couple was also seen together on television in a dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye’.