Kangana Ranaut made derogatory remarks against Sikh Community
MUMBAI: An official said, On Tuesday, November 23, Police registered an FIR against Bollywood Superstar Kangana Ranaut for allegedly using derogatory language against the Sikh community in her social media post.
The official said, The FIR was lodged at the suburban Khar police station after the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) filed a complaint against Kangana.
Ranaut was booked under section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and further investigation was going on.
According to the official, the complainant in the case is Amarjeet Singh Sandhu, a Mumbai-based businessman who was part of a DSGMC delegation that submitted the complaint against her on Monday.
In a statement, Sandhu accused Kangana Ranaut of making derogatory remarks against his community in a post on her Instagram profile. After submitting the complaint, the DSGMC delegation, led by Manjinder Singh Sirsa, a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader who is also president of the organization, had met Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil and top officials of the Mumbai police. They have demanded strict action against Kangana.
In the complaint, the DSGMC wrote that Kangana had intentionally and deliberately portrayed the farmers' protest (Kisan Morcha) as a "Khalistani" movement and also dubbed the Sikh community as "Khalistani terrorists."
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