Mumbai court orders probe against Kangana Ranaut, Rangoli Chandel over social media posts

Mumbai, October 30: Mumbai court's Metropolitan magistrate Bhagawat T Zirape ordered police to initiate an inquiry against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel under Section 202 of CrPC for posting against a particular community.

 

The complaint was filed by Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh under Sections 153-A, 153-B, 195-A, 298, 505 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly posting "offensive" and "derogatory" statements against a particular community on social media. Magistrate T Zirape ordered police to say that it was necessary in deciding the role of the accused. The court also ordered the police station concerned to submit the inquiry report of the case by December 5.

 

 

Advocate Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh had approached the court saying that no action was taken by Amboli police, where he had lodged the complaint against the sisters.

 

As per the complaint, Chandel had posted a hate speech on Twitter in April targeting a particular community, following which her account on the micro-blogging site was suspended. The "Queen" actress had later posted a video in support of her sister over her controversial tweets. In the video that was released on various social media platforms, she called a sect of that community a terrorist, the complaint said.

 

This way, both the accused posted hateful and derogatory statements against the community, it said. Moreover, after verification of the complaint, said that the evidence against the accused was electronic in nature and police inquiry was necessary for proceeding against the accused.

 

Recently, the Bandra Police had registered an FIR against the queen Actor and her sister after a local court ordered them to investigate a complaint filed by a Bollywood casting director, who accused them of saying they are promoting enmity between communities through their remarks.