Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister, Rangoli Chandel are not going to appear before Mumbai police for investigation after an FIR was lodged against them with the charges of sedition. According to the reports of ETimes, Kangana and her sister have sought time until November 15 as they are occupied with their brother's wedding.
Notably, Mumbai Police has summoned them to present themselves at the Bandra police station by 26-27 October.
“My clients Kangana Ranaut and Rangoli Chandel will not be attending the Police Station on 26 & 27. I have responded to the summons and sought time after November 15,” Advocate Rizwan Siddiqui said in a statement to CNN News 18.
However, the sisters were asked to appear before the Bandra Police, five days after the Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate JY Ghule took cognizance of Bollywood casting director and fitness trainer, Munawwarali Sahil Sayyed's complaint and ordered an FIR to be registered against the siblings.
"Among the charges include Indian Penal Code Sec. 124-A (sedition)...besides spreading communal hatred and falsehoods. The police have also recorded the statement of the complainant, Munawwarali Sahil A Sayyed today in this connection," Sayyed's lawyer Ravish Zamindar said in a statement to IANS.
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Sayyed had accused Kangana and Rangoli of defaming the film industry, portraying the people working in the industry, in a bad light. He also claimed that the actress attempted to drive a wedge between artistes of different communities through her social media posts and public statements.
Reacting to the summon, Kangana tweeted last Thursday, “Obsessed penguin Sena ... Pappupro of Maharashtra, bahut yaad aati hai k-k-k-k-k-Kangana, koi baat nahin jaldi aa jaungi...”
In a series of tweets, she also said, "waiting to be in jail soon n go through same miseries my idols were subjected to, it will give a meaning to my life, Jai Hind."