However, his PIO status was revoked by the central home ministry in the 'public interest'.

The couple, who resided in Aldona village on the outskirts of Mapusa town in North Goa, now have a divorce case pending in a Mumbai court. Both Raut and Sterry have already filed several complaints against each other at the Mapusa police station in the last few months, for charges ranging from assault to abuse and harassment.

Raut, a former Indian supermodel who has walked the ramp for globally renowned brands like Gucci, Dolce and Gabbana, Valentino, Yves Saint-Laurent, Roberto Cavalli and Hugo Boss, married Sterry, a Britain-based model, in New York in 2004.