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An arrest warrant has been issued on a top South Indian film star's brother for alleged bigamy in a second marriage to a Sri Lankan woman.

The Acting Matale Magistrate Ivor Wijesekera on an application from the Colombo Fraud Bureau on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of the suspect Raju Radha an Indian businessman based in Sri Lanka.

Mr. Radha is the son of the famous M.R. Radha and brother of Radhika, a leading South Indian actress and producer of the TV series 'Sithy' which is now being telecast on a local channel.

The application for his arrest was made, subsequent to an investigation conducted by the Fraud Bureau on a complaint made by businesswoman Kushani Nanayakkara whom he married for the second time in 1991.

Ms. Nanayakkara complained to the Cinnamon Gardens Police, who later handed over investigations to the Fraud Bureau, stating that whilst being married in the UK to one Pamela Drew since 1983, he had married her in Matale falsely disclosing his name as Raju Radha when in reality, he was known as Madras Raju Gopal Raju Gopal.

The police say Mr. Radha, Chairman of a shipping company, is alleged to have given a false declaration to Immigration authorities to do business here.

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