Mah: Kangana Ranaut appears before city police in connection with FIR against her

Mumbai, Dec 23: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut on Thursday morning appeared before the city police station at Khar to record her statement in connection with First Information Report (FIR) registered against her for an alleged social media comment linking farmers’ protest at Delhi border with separatist groups.
A complaint was registered against her last month by a Sikh organisation for her alleged comment on social media, linking farmers’ protest at Delhi to repeal three farmers law with a separatist group.
Her lawyer Rizwan Sidiquee said she reached the police station to record her statement. The police had earlier this month issued a notice to her for questioning.
Mr Sidiquee had also 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 her appearance.
The city police had earlier told the High Court that they would not arrest Ranaut till January 25, 2022 over
The police had made the statement after the High Court said the issue involved the larger question of Ranaut’s fundamental right to freedom of speech and that the court would have to grant her some ad-interim relief.
Ranaut had approached the High Court, seeking that the FIR registered against her at Khar police station be quashed.
The FIR was registered against Ranaut following a complaint made by some members of a Sikh body that claimed the actor, through her Instagram post, had portrayed the farmers’ protest on Delhi borders as a Khalistani movement.
The police registered the case against Ranaut on charges of deliberately hurting the community’s religious sentiments, under Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code.