BEIJING, Oct. 8 (Xinhuanet) -- One of
Brad Pitt's and Angelina Jolie's bodyguards roughed up a British photographer on
Saturday as he tried to click their picture at a hotel in western India.
The celebrity couple are in Pune to shoot scenes
for a movie about the life of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, "A Mighty
Heart," in which Jolie plays Pearl's widow, Mariane.
The couple have been put up at the city's Le Meridian
hotel since their arrival in Pune by private jet late last week.
TV crews and shutterbugs stayed firmly outside the hotel
on Saturday to get a glimpse.
When Pitt and Jolie tried to leave the hotel, one of their
security guards caught a British photographer trying to take their photo,
grabbing the man by his neck and verbally abusing him.
Video of the incident was broadcast on India's CNN-IBN
news channel, and the Hindustan Times newspaper identified the photographer as
Sam Relph of Barcroft Media.
The newspaper reported that the security guard had shouted
at photographers to stop shooting the couple and moved for Relph when he refused
to put down his camera. Enditem
(Agencies)
