Kangana
Ranaut
and
her
sister
Rangoli
Chandel
have
filed
a
petition
in
the
Bombay
High
Court,
seeking
to
quash
an
FIR
filed
against
them
by
Mumbai
Police
for
allegedly
"trying
to
create
hatred
and
communal
tension" through
their
social
media
posts.
For
the
unversed,
an
FIR
was
registered
against
Kangana
and
her
sister
Rangoli
by
casting
director
and
fitness
trainer
Munnawar
Ali
Sayyed.
Sayyed
who
accused
them
of
trying
to
spread
communal
tension
between
Hindus
and
Muslims
with
their
controversial
posts
on
social
media.
The
FIR,
under
sedition
charges,
was
registered
pursuant
to
orders
passed
by
the
Bandra
magistrates
court
directing
the
police
to
carry
out
an
inquiry
against
Kangana
and
her
sister
following
a
complaint
lodged
against
them.
The
Ranaut
sisters
were
booked
under
IPC
sections
153-A
(promoting
enmity
between
different
groups
on
grounds
of
religion,
race),
295-A
(deliberate
acts
hurting
religious
sentiments)
and
124-A
(sedition),
34
(common
intention).
Kangana's
advocate
Rizwan
Siddiqui
told
PTI,
"Kangana
and
Rangoli
have
filed
a
petition
in
the
Bombay
High
Court
for
quashing
of
the
FIR
and
the
magistrates
order."
He
further
said
the
petition
has
also
sought
the
court
to
stay
the
summons
issued
against
Kangana
Ranaut
asking
them
to
appear
before
the
police
for
questioning,
and
also
a
direction
to
the
police
to
not
take
any
coercive
steps
against
them.
Last
week,
the
Mumbai
Police
had
summoned
the
Ranaut
sisters
for
the
third
time
to
record
their
statements
on
November
23
and
24
in
connection
with
this
case.