Actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before the Mumbai Police in connection with an FIR registered against her for a social media post that allegedly linked farmers’ protests to a separatist group on Thursday.
According to Ranaut’s lawyer Rizwan Sidiquee, she reached the Khar police station around 11 am to record her statement. An FIR was registered there against her last month following a complaint by a Sikh organisation.
The police issued a notice to Ranaut earlier this month for questioning. Her counsel had told the Bombay High Court that she would appear before the Khar police on December 22. However, on Wednesday, her lawyer sought another date for appearance.
The city police had earlier told the Bombay High Court that they will not arrest Ranaut till January 25, 2022. The police had made the statement after the HC said the issue involved the larger question of Ranaut’s fundamental right to free speech and that the court will have to grant her some ad-interim relief.
In the police complaint, members of a Sikh organisation alleged that the actor on an Instagram post portrayed farmers’ protest on Delhi’s borders as a Khalistani movement.The police filed the case against Ms Ranaut on charges of deliberately hurting the community’s religious sentiments.
