In a statement to ANI, Deshmukh said: “The Mumbai police compare themselves to Scotland Yard. Some people are trying to target the Mumbai police. An IPS officer has gone to court against this. After his comparison with the Mumbai police, he has no right to live in Maharashtra or Mumbai. ”
Mumbai Police are compared to Scotland Yard. Some people are trying to target the Mumbai police. An IPS officer has left … https://t.co/OtenC8yFFz
– ANI (@ANI) 1599214171000
He also reportedly hinted that action could be taken against the Bollywood actress for defaming Mumbai police and the image of the city.
Reacting to Deshmukh’s comment, Kangana responded by saying, “He is taking his own calls on my democratic rights, from the POK to the Taliban in one day.”
The Interior Minister on Thursday hosted a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) brought by former IPS officers in connection with the “unfair, malicious and false media campaign” against the Mumbai Police in the death of Sushant Singh Rajput.
On August 31, eight former IPS officers moved the Bombay High Court, urging it to halt the “media trial” in the case of the late actor’s death.
Kangana announced his plan to return to Mumbai on September 9 on Friday and launched an open challenge on social media saying: “kisi ke baap mein himmat hai toh rok le (if someone’s father has the courage, stop me) “.
“I see that a lot of people threaten me not to go back to Mumbai, so I have decided to travel to Mumbai next week, on September 9, I will post the time when I land at Mumbai airport, kisi ke baap mein himmat hai toh rok you, ”read his tweet.
This came after she expressed her fears of returning to the city and sought protection from the Haryana police or the central government, claiming that she was more “scared” of the Mumbai police than of the “movie mafia.” She also alleged that the city police fomented crime and intimidation against her on social media.
In a statement, Shiv Sena deputy Sanjay Raut cited the actress’s tweets as a political conspiracy to smear the image of the state. “You (actor Kangna Ranaut) are trying to insult Maharashtra. There must be some political party or center of power that supports you, that’s why you are talking like this. A conspiracy is brewing to smear the image of Mumbai and the Mumbai police . ”
Kangana on Thursday accused the Shiv Sena leader and MP Sanjay Raut of giving him an ‘open threat’ and asking him not to return to Mumbai. She said in a tweet: “After Aazadi graffiti on the streets of Mumbai and now open threats, why does Mumbai feel like Pakistan occupied Kashmir?”
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