Mumbai:  A Mumbai court has directed the police to book an FIR Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut for allegedly creating religious disharmony. On the petition of the casting director of Bollywood the Court orders the police to file an FIR.

The director in his petition said that she has been accusing continuously defaming Bollywood film industry, she is creating a communal divide between people of two communities and in the mind of common man” through her tweets.

Bandra Metropolitan Magistrate Jaydeo Y Ghule responded on the complaint of petitioner Sahil Ashrafali Sayyed; the complaint also mentions Ms Ranaut’s sister – Rangoli Chandel. “She is well aware that she is a well-known actress and has a big fan base so her tweets will be seen and will reach out to many people,” the petitioner underlined.

“The allegations are based upon the comments made on electronic media – Twitter and interviews – and a thorough investigation by an expert is necessary,” the court said, directing the police station concerned to “initiate necessary action and investigation against the actor and her sister under relevant provisions of Criminal Procedure Code”.

The petitioner citied the lynching of Hindu Sadhus at Maharashtra’s Palghar as an example and highlighted a tweet by Ms Ranaut calling the BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) as “BABUR SENA” and another claiming that she was the first person to make a movie on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi.

He sought registration of the FIR under IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity), 295A (malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings) and 124A (sedition) against the actor and her sister. The actress Kangana Ranaut is “portraying people working in Bollywood films as a hub of nepotism, favouritism, drug addicts, communally biased people, murderers, (sic)” he said in his complaint.