FIR Registered in Shimla Against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut Over Posts on Gandhi Family
Shimla police registered a case under BNS sections 196, 353 and 356 on a complaint about Ranaut's 10 November social media posts.
Police in Shimla have registered an FIR against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut over social media posts about the Gandhi family, ABP Live reported.
The complaint
Shimla Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh said the case was registered on a complaint by Captain Atul Sharma, a resident of Shimla, and will be investigated.
The case has been registered under Sections 196 (promoting enmity between different groups), 353 and 356 (defamation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Sharma alleged that posts made from Ranaut’s verified account on 10 November contained highly provocative claims about the deaths of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her sons Sanjay and Rajiv Gandhi, and made allegations about Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He argued that spreading such false narratives could create ill will and disturb public peace.
In his complaint, emailed to the Director General of Police on Thursday evening, Sharma asked for an FIR to be registered without delay and for a time-bound cyber-forensic examination of the posts.
Background
The posts came soon after the launch of a book by Sonia Gandhi, which has drawn political reactions. The report did not carry a response from Ranaut to the FIR.
— Legal Desk
Featured image: The Ridge Shimla 3 by Virusism, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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