Kangana Ranaut faces FIR in Mumbai for 'derogatory' remarks against Sikhs

An FIR has been registered against Kangana Ranaut for allegedly using derogatory remarks against the Sikh community in a social media post.

The FIR was lodged at the suburban Khar police station in Mumbai a day after the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) submitted a complaint against the actress.

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As per reports, Kangana has been booked under section 295A that is deliberately outraging the religious feelings of a community, and an investigation is now underway.

The complainant in the case is Amarjeet Singh Sandhu, a Mumbai-based businessman who was part of a DSGMC delegation that submitted the complaint on Monday. In a statement, Sandhu accused the actress of making derogatory remarks against his community in an Instagram post.

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After submitting the complaint, the DSGMC delegation, led by Manjinder Singh Sirsa, a Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader who is also president of the organisation, had met Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil and top officials of the Mumbai police and demanded action against Kangana.

In the complaint, the DSGMC mentioned that Kangana had intentionally and deliberately portrayed the farmers’ protest (Kisan Morcha) as a ‘Khalistani’ movement and also dubbed the Sikh community as ‘Khalistani terrorists’. The Queen actress also made references to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

In the post, Kangana has used derogatory language against the Sikh community, according to the complaint. ‘This act on her part is most degrading, disrespectful, and contemptuous, which has hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community settled all over the world,’ it added.

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Recently, Kangana stoked a controversy when she claimed that India attained freedom in 2014 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power and described the country's independence in 1947 as 'handed over' by the British. She also invited criticism for her remark against Mahatma Gandhi where she mocked his mantra of ahimsa, saying that offering another cheek gets you 'bheek' not freedom.