Insta post on farmers: Kangana Ranaut records statement before Mumbai Police
Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before the Mumbai Police on Thursday in connection with an FIR registered against her for Instagram post on farmers' protests.
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Kangana Ranaut reached the Khar police station around 11 am. An FIR was registered there against her last month following a complaint by a Sikh organisation. Her lawyer Rizwan Sidiquee said she reached the police station to record her statement.
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Earlier, the police had issued a notice to her 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 Mumbai police had earlier told the HC that they would not arrest Kangana Ranaut till January 25, 2022, over her Instagram post on farmers' protests, which she had linked to a separatist group.
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Kangana had approached the HC, seeking that the FIR registered against her at the Khar police station be quashed.
In their complaint, members of a Sikh organisation had claimed that the actor, on her Instagram handle, portrayed the farmers' protest at the Delhi borders as a Khalistani movement.
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She was booked under Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code for hurting the Sikh community's religious sentiments.
-PTC News
