Bollywood actress, Aussie troops: Afghan 'sex scandal' under probe

A small time Bollywood import from Australia has landed in the middle of a raging controversy back home with the Australian government saying it is investigating claims that she had sex with Australian soldiers while touring a military base in Afghanistan last month.

Tania Zaetta, whose most famous role to date has perhaps been playing actor Arshad Warsi's Australian wife in the 2005 hit Salaam Namaste, has denied the allegations and the Australian Defence Department has since issued an unreserved apology for her name getting leaked to the media from a draft briefing note.

Although the final note prepared to brief the Australian Defence Minister does not include names, the investigation into what has been termed "inappropriate behaviour" will continue, the department said.

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