Mumbai, 23 November
Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut for allegedly using derogatory language against the Sikh community in a social media post. An official gave this information.
The FIR was lodged at the suburban Khar police station a day after the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) filed a complaint against the actor.
A case has been registered against Ranaut (34) under section 295A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), the official said. and further investigation is on.
According to the official, the complainant in the case is a Mumbai-based businessman Amarjit Singh Sandhu, who was part of the DSGMC delegation, which filed the complaint on Monday.
Sandhu, in a statement, accused the actor of making derogatory remarks against his community in a post on Instagram.
After registering the complaint, the DSGMC delegation led by Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who is also the organization’s president, met Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and top officials of Mumbai Police and took action. demanded. against ranaut
In the complaint, the DSGMC noted that Ranaut deliberately and deliberately portrayed the farmers’ protest (Kisan Morcha) as a “Khalistani” movement and also termed the Sikh community as “Khalistani terrorists”.
He also referred to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
According to the complaint, in the post the actor has used highly derogatory and derogatory language against the Sikh community.
“This act on his part is most degrading, degrading and contemptuous, which has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community settled across the world,” the statement said. — PTI