Shilpa spokesman urges public to focus on 'real issue'
An Indian court issued arrest warrants for Hollywood actor Richard Gere and Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty today, saying their kiss at a public function "transgressed all limits of vulgarity," media reports said.
Judge Dinesh Gupta issued the warrants in the north-western city of Jaipur after a local citizen filed a complaint charging that the public display of affection offended local sensibilities, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Gupta earlier viewed television footage of the event, which he called "highly sexually erotic", saying the pair violated India's strict public obscenity laws.
Celebrity Big Brother winner Shetty, who is currently on a religious pilgrimage in southern India, was upset by the news, said her spokesman Dale Bhagwagar.
Bhagwagar said: "She does hurt, she does feel low. She feels she is being constantly targeted, but anyone who knows her well knows she can't be put down.
"Shilpa wishes that people would focus on the real issue , Aids awareness, and not three pecks on her cheek," he said, adding that she had not yet received any court summons.
