New Delhi:Twenty one people including eleven serving Army officers, seven retired officers have sent a legal notice to actor Akshay Kumar and his wife producer and writer of the film 'Rustam' Twinkle Khanna and auction house for their decision to auction a naval costume that Akshay donned in the movie.

In the legal notice served by Advocate SmitaDikshit on behalf of these people to the star couple in which they have been asked to stop the auction of the costume. If they failed to do so legal action will be initiated against them. It is stated in the legal notice that auctioning the costume is a potent security threat as it might go in the hands of wrong people. The legal notice says that the "uniforms resembling those of the armed forces pose potential threat to the national security as the said uniform, insignia and badges could pass for genuine service clothing and can find their way to anti-national elements who can use it to foment trouble."

The notice further states that after the Pathankot attack, "Indian Army had issued guidelines urging civilians across the country to avoid wearing army pattern dresses and shopkeepers were asked to not sell combat clothes, uniforms and equipments as it is 'illegal to do so'. Thus, by putting the naval officer uniform for auction you have shown disrespect to national interest and have hurt the sentiments of armed force personnel." The matter started when Twinkle Khanna shared Akshay Kumar's tweet drawing ire of many including armed forces officials. One officer Lt Col SandeepAhlawat raised his voice of dissent and slammed Twinkle in social media post for her idea. He wrote that what Akshay wore in Rustom was merely "a piece of costume and not uniform."