A magistrate court in Mumbai on Saturday has granted the police time till February 1 to file a report of their probe into a defamation complaint registered by Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar against actor Kangana Ranaut.
The Mumbai court in December 2020 had ordered the Juhu police to investigate the matter and submit the report by January 16.
The court had in December 2020 directed the Juhu police to probe the matter and submit its report on January 16. However, on Saturday, the police asked for more time to come up with the report, which Metropolitan Magistrate Andheri, RR Khan allowed.
In November 2020, Javed Akhtar had recorded a criminal complaint against Kangana Ranaut before the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate, for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews.
Akhtar had demanded an enquiry against the actress under relevant sections of the IPC.
The veteran poet and lyricist has created a long 55 years career from nothing and has created a reputation in the industry with his good work, which Ranaut has damaged by making baseless and abusive comments on national television and social media, proposed Akhtar’s lawyer.
In his complaint, Akhtar has alleged that Kangana dragged his name while referring to a circle existing in Bollywood after actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his apartment in June last year.
The complaint also claimed that the actress had also claimed that Akhtar had threatened her to not speak about her alleged relationship with actor Hrithik Roshan.