Mumbai court orders FIR against Kangana Ranaut and Rangoli Chandel for ‘offensive’ tweets


The Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Bandra orders the registration of the police complaint against actor Kangana Ranaut (in the file photo) and his sister Rangoli Chandel about the complaints of a whistleblower that they tried to create a division between the communities with publications in the networks social.

A trial court in Bandra ordered that an FIR be filed against Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel, based on a complaint that accused the duo of “attempting to create hatred and community tension” through their tweets. The complaint was filed by casting director and fitness trainer Munnawarali Sayyed.

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“Upon a prima facie examination of the complaints and submissions… I discovered that the defendant had committed the recognizable crime. The total accusations are based on comments in electronic media: Twitter and interviews. The defendant used social networks such as Twitter. A thorough investigation is necessary on the part of the expert… in this case, the search and seizure is necessary, ”Metropolitan Magistrate Jaydeo Khule said in his order.

In his complaint, Sayyed appealed to the sisters under Sections 153A, 295A, 124 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Sayyed also specified the tweets he found prompting Kangana to compare Mumbai to Pakistani-occupied Kashmir. The plaintiff, who claimed to have worked with eminent film directors, said the actual motive behind these tweets should be investigated.

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The court order comes at a time when Kangana is involved in a battle with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which razed a part of his Mumbai office claiming it was built illegally.

Following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput on June 14, Kangana began to gain attention on social media while raising questions about nepotism in Bollywood. Her attack was diverted when she criticized the Shiv Sena government for targeting her for her PoK tweet.

As the battle with Mumbai civic authorities unfolds in court, the Bollywood actor has been tweeting on various topics.

On Saturday, Kangana tweeted about the Paris incident in which a history teacher who had shown cartoons of the Prophet was found beheaded.

“A teacher is beheaded by a cartoon, we can only imagine what those invaders must have done to our people during the invasion, in today’s digital age with education and exposure they act like demons, what must they have done to Bharat when they were nomads? ” Kangana tweeted.

A Karnataka court had also ordered an FIR against Kangana for his tweet criticizing protests against the Center’s agricultural laws. “The people spreading misinformation and rumors about the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) that caused riots are the same people who are now spreading misinformation about the Farmers Bill and causing terror in the nation, they are terrorists,” he tweeted. September 21.

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