Mumbai: Rakhi Sawant has filed a criminal complaint against Star Plus’s TV reality dance show, “Nach Balliye” alleging that the channel tampered with viewer votes. The complainant has also accused show team for software manipulation.

Rakhi and her beau Abhishekh Awasthi submitted a joint written complaint in Oshiwara police station.

“We have accepted the complaint but not yet registered a case,” said Dilip Patil, Officer-in-charge at Oshiwara police station.

A police team will investigate all aspects of the issue before deciding whether it merits further proceedings, including a formal police case, Patil added.

Both, Rakhi-Abhishek won as runners-up of the show, out of the 11 celebrity couples. After Bollywood super-star Salman Khan announced the winners, Rakhi started crying and walked off the stage with Abhishek. TV actress Sanjeeda Shaikh and her partner Aamir Ali were declared winners of the show.

“We knew hours before the results that we had lost,” claimed Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi.