BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s remarks were inflammatory and could disturb public peace. The narrative went beyond political criticism and could fuel public hostility, disturb communal harmony
FIR registered against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut over targeting Gandhi family: The Himachal Pradesh Police on Friday registered an FIR against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut over a social media post targeting the Gandhi family. The complaint alleged that Ranaut’s posts contained highly inflammatory insinuations regarding the tragic deaths of Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi.
The case was registered on Friday (November 13) by retired Captain Atul Sharma, a resident of Shimla. In his complaint to the Director General of Police sent via mail, he demanded the immediate registration of an FIR and a rigorous, time-bound cyber-forensic investigation against Ranaut. The complaint was sent at 7:51 pm on Thursday night.
According to Sharma, the posts also describe Congress leader Sonia Gandhi as a ‘mysterious foreign national’ who allegedly landed in a cafe abroad before relatives were killed one after another, leaving her as the ‘head of government’ accompanied by the remark, ‘How convenient’.
The complaint alleged that BJP MP Kangana Ranaut’s remarks were inflammatory and could disturb public peace. Sharma argued that the narrative went beyond political criticism and could fuel public hostility, disturb communal harmony and threaten public tranquility.
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He further alleged that the post amounted to circulating misleading information capable of causing fear or alarm and promoting enmity between different groups.
Police said the matter was being investigated.
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