Mumbai : Kangana Ranaut appears before Khar police station over controversial post against farmers .
Actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before the Mumbai Police today in connection with an FIR, filed against her for a social media post that allegedly linked farmers’ protests to a separatist group
Ms Ranaut reached Khar police station at 11 am. An FIR was filed 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. The police earlier this month issued a notice to her for questioning.
Her lawyer had told the Bombay High Court that she would appear before Khar police on December 22. However, on Wednesday, her lawyer sought another date for appearance.
The police had told the high court that they would not arrest Ms Ranaut till January 25 over her social media post that allegedly linked farmers’ protests to a separatist group.
The police had made the statement after the high court said the issue involved the larger question of Ranaut’s fundamental right to free speech and that the court would have to grant her some ad-interim relief.
Ranaut had approached the HC, 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.
