Feroze Khan serves defamation notice over 'false and baseless allegations'.

Actor Feroze Khan announced on Tuesday that he has served defamation notices to people perpetuating 'false and baseless allegations' against him with regards to the accusations by his former spouse Aliza Sultan of domestic abuse.

Earlier on Tuesday, Khan posted screenshots on his Instagram account of what appeared to be the legal document but deleted it within 10 minutes of posting it. He then posted a tweet announcing his legal team's course of action but did not mention any names or include the document.

His earlier post of the said notice, however, clearly showed the mobile phone numbers and addresses of several recipients, including public figures such as actors Yasir Hussain and Sarwat Gilani. On Wednesday, Hussain and Gilani took up the issue of sharing people's private and personal information online on their Instagram accounts.

Aliza Sultan and Khan married in 2018 and share a son and a daughter together. They announced their intention to divorce in September and said they were in the middle of court proceedings discussing custody and visitation rights for their two children. Sultan had said she was physically and psychologically abused by her former partner during their marriage. Khan refused to comment at the time.

In October, Sultan shared emergency room records which marked 'blunt injuries on both her arms, her back, chest and face' as well as photos of the bruises as evidence of abuse. Several members of the entertainment industry rallied behind her on...

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