A petty issue over car parking in a shopping mall in Lower Parel turned into a major squabble between Bollywood ‘item girl’ and Bhojpuri actor Sambhavana Seth and her driver.

The police said the incident happened at the High Street Phoenix around 8.30 pm on Thursday, when Seth had gone for shopping along with a friend. She had asked her driver VK Choudhary to park the car at the spot where she got out of it.

“However, Choudhary, recently employed by Seth, went to the parking lot on the insistence of a security guard. This infuriated Seth who abused him. Choudhary also retorted and the two ended up slapping each other in public,” Vasant Tajne, senior inspector, NM Joshi Marg police station, said. Both Choudhary and Seth have registered non-cognisable complaints against each other.