WASHINGTON (TIP): The summons issued to Amitabh Bachchan by a federal court in Los Angeles in an alleged human rights violation case has been served to the superstar’s Hollywood manager Feb. 23, according to a Sikh rights body.

New York-based Sikhs for Justice had filed a lawsuit against Bachchan claiming that he had instigated violence against the Sikh community by raising “blood for blood” slogans in 1984.

The movie star has consistently and stoutly denied such allegations.

Bachchan’s manager in Hollywood, David A. Unger, was served with a copy of the federal court summons and complaint by the SFJ Feb. 23.

Unger is a prominent talent agent and co-owner of Three Six Zero Group.

As per federal rules of civil procedure, Bachchan has 21 days after the service of summons to respond to the charges of human rights violations.

“If the defendant fails to respond by Mar. 17, we will move the court for entry of default judgment imposing compensatory and punitive damages against Bachchan for instigating violence which took the lives of thousands of innocent Sikhs during November 1984,” said Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, legal advisor to SFJ.

So far, the Sikh rights body has unsuccessfully filed human rights violation lawsuits against several Indian leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Manmohan Singh.