Mumbai, June 26: Police today registered a complaint against film actor Suresh Oberoi on charge of slapping a labourer following a brawl over construction work at his residence here even as the actor denied the charges and termed it as ‘false and baseless’. The complaint, filed by civil contractor Sanjay Arora, alleged that Suresh had allegedly slapped one of his labourers, Kunni, on June 24. According to the contractor, Suresh had instructed the labourer to pick up a sack of sand. However, when the labourer, who apparently did not hear the instruction, failed to carry out the order, the actor struck him on the face.
The police have registered a non-cognizable offence under Section 323 IPC (voluntary causing hurt) and 506 IPC (criminal intimidation) against the actor.
The police were examining the complaint and probing the matter since the contractor had registered the complaint two days after the actual incident. “We are trying to examine why did the contractor delay in filing the complaint. Is there any other motive behind the complaint,” police sources said.

However, according to Suresh, no such incident had occurred and the charges were false.
“I have been in and out of Mumbai in the past few days and I do not even remember being in town during the day of the incident. Both me and my actor son Vivek have been busy with our professional work and have not interacted with labourers,” he said. Bureau Report