Kangana
Ranaut
appeared
before
the
Mumbai
Police
on
Thursday
in
connection
with
an
FIR
registered
against
her
for
a
social
media
post
that
allegedly
linked
farmers'
protests
to
a
separatist
group,
her
lawyer
said.
Ranaut
reached
the
Khar
police
station
around
11
am.
An
FIR
was
registered
there
against
her
last
month
following
a
complaint
by
a
Sikh
organisation.
Her
lawyer
Rizwan
Sidiquee
said
she
reached
the
police
station
to
record
her
statement.
The
police
earlier
this
month
issued
a
notice
to
her
for
questioning.
Her
counsel
had
told
the
Bombay
High
Court
that
she
would
appear
before
the
Khar
police
on
December
22.
However,
on
Wednesday,
her
lawyer
sought
another
date
for
appearance.
The
city
police
had
earlier
told
the
HC
that
they
would
not
arrest
Ranaut
till
January
25,
2022
over
her
social
media
post
that
allegedly
linked
farmers'
protests
to
a
separatist
group.
The
police
had
made
the
statement
after
the
high
court
said
the
issue
involved
the
larger
question
of
Ranaut's
fundamental
right
to
free
speech
and
that
the
court
would
have
to
grant
her
some
ad-interim
relief.
Ranaut
had
approached
the
HC,
seeking
that
the
FIR
registered
against
her
at
Khar
police
station
be
quashed.
The
FIR
was
registered
against
Ranaut
following
a
complaint
made
by
some
members
of
a
Sikh
body
that
claimed
the
actor,
through
her
Instagram
post,
had
portrayed
the
farmers'
protest
on
Delhi
borders
as
a
Khalistani
movement.
The
police
registered
the
case
against
Ranaut
on
charges
of
deliberately
hurting
the
community's
religious
sentiments,
under
Section
295-A
of
the
Indian
Penal
Code.