Rahul Mahajan is an Indian entertainer and aspiring politician.
He first came into the news when his father Pramod Mahajan was shot by his own brother Pravin Mahajan and struggled for his life for twelve days before succumbing. Television footage showed him comforting his sister and mother and maintaining a stoic demeanour. There were rumours that Mahajan would be inducted into the BJP to follow his father's footsteps. Pramod Mahajan was a very poor school teacher but rose to power as a politician of BJP. However, exactly a month after his father's death on June 3, 2006, Mahajan was hospitalized after an alleged cocaine overdose. His father's secretary, Bibek Maitra was also rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.The two best friends had imbibed a cocktail of drugs along with champagne. Mahajan recovered, but on his discharge from hospital on July 6 2006, he was arrested by the Delhi Police on charges of drug possession and consumption.
The case has become more complex because there are several different versions of what happened that night, and the fact that Apollo Hospital, where the two were admitted, said in a press conference that Mahajan's toxin screens were negative for all known drug types. An independent testing of Mahajan's blood has yielded different results, with high quantities of opiates detected in his blood sample. Apollo hospital has since changed their answer, saying that traces of barbiturates and opiates were found in his bloodstream. The forensics lab, after examining Mahajan's gastric lavage, has declared that heroin had been consumed, probably after mistaking it to be cocaine, and the Indian press has compared the incident to the movie Pulp Fiction.
In July 2006, he got engaged to Shweta Singh-Mahajan someone who he has known for 13 years. They were in flying school together in the US, and also flew for the Indian airline Jet Airways. This engagement is a little controversial in its timing, with people wondering why it was so sudden. The wedding took place on August 29 at 'Blue Sea', a marriage hall at Worli sea face in Central Mumbai near the Mahajan residence.
The marriage was reportedly on rocks for sometime with serious allegation of beating that Rahul meted out to his new wife. Shweta Mahajan filed for divorce on 13 December 2007. Shweta has filed for divorce on grounds of incompatibility and mutual consent of both parties. On 1 August 2008, Rahul Mahajan and his wife Shweta were granted a divorce by a Gurgaon court. District and session Judge Ramendra Jain granted their divorce after both parties mutually agreed on the move. Rahul Mahajan also appeared in the reality show Big Boss-2 where he unsuccessfully tried to woo another inmate Payal Rohatgi only to be ignored after a while. Mahajan also served as the judge on Colors's Chhote Miyan, a children's stand-up comedy reality show.
Mahajan will participate in the reality show sequel of Rakhi Ka Swayamwar. This show is a swayamvar for Rahul Mahajan, where 16 girls are participating as his would-be bride. It is to be shown on NDTV Imagine channel.