Mumbai, Oct 27 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Reality show ‘Bigg Boss 3’ is entwined in a controversy once again. After Kamaal R Khan’s unexpected exit, it might be the turn of Raju Srivastava, to leave the show midway.

Production house Sri Adhkari Brothers has sent the famous comedian Raju, a legal notice saying he has to be present for the shooting of a show for their channel ‘Masti’. Adhikari producer Markand Adhikari said, “Raju is under contract with us from November 1. So he has to quit ‘Bigg Boss 3’. Besides has not taken permission from us.”

Besides this, on Monday, the controversial show was caught in the I&B ministry’s crosshairs. The ministry issued a show cause notice to Colors entertainment channel objecting to certain visuals broadcast by it.The producers of the show have been slapped with the show-cause notice after they started broadcasting a clip on TV, which showed 2 females Tanaaz and Shamita pulling down Raju Srivastava shorts. The episode is yet to be aired but the promotional clips have been on air for quite some time.

In its notice, the ministry said the show had broadcast content offending good taste and decency that was unsuitable for unrestricted public exhibition. Colors is the channel which is broadcasting the Bigg Boss show, has been asked not to carry any content that constituted a violation of the programme code that is part of the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act 1995.

“It has also been observed that the language used by some participants is vulgar and abusive and the show contains visuals which appear to be obscene and violative of the programme code. Recently, in one of the visuals, a participant has been shown pulling down the shorts of another participant,” the notice said, adding this had offended the sensibilities of many viewers.

The producers of the show have reportedly said that they haven’t yet got the notice and they will reply to it within the stipulated time of 5 days as asked to do so by the I&B Ministry.