A
Mumbai
court
on
Monday
(February
1)
issued
summons
to
actor
Kangana
Ranaut
in
the
defamation
case
filed
against
her
by
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar.
After
the
Mumbai
Police
informed
about
an
offence
of
defamation,
the
court
said
further
probe
is
required.
Back
in
December
2020,
the
Andheri
metropolitan
magistrate
had
directed
the
Juhu
police
to
conduct
an
inquiry
into
the
complaint
against
Ms
Ranaut.
On
Monday,
February
1,
2021,
a
report
was
submitted
in
the
court
stating
that
the
'offences
alleged
by
the
complainant
(Javed
Akhtar)
against
Ms
Ranaut
are
made
out
for
further
investigation.'
Magistrate
RR
Khan,
postponed
the
matter
for
further
hearing
in
March
after
issuing
summons
to
Kangana
Ranaut
for
questioning
in
the
case.
It
was
brought
to
court's
notice
that
police
last
month
issued
summons
to
Ranaut.
Akhtar's
advocate
Jay
Kumar
Bharadwaj
said
that
Kangana
was
asked
remain
present
before
the
police
for
recording
her
statement,
but
she
is
yet
to
respond
to
the
notice.
However,
Kangana
took
to
twitter
on
February
1,
and
reacted
to
a
news
report
stating
that
she
has
been
summoned
by
the
court.
The
Bollywood
actress
took
to
her
Twitter
account
and
wrote,
"Geedaron
ka
ek
jhund
aur
ek
sherni...
mazaa
aayega
(A
pack
of
jackals
and
a
lioness...
this
will
be
fun)."
Lyricist
Javed
Akhtar,
in
his
complaint
has
alleged
that
Kangana
Ranaut
had
made
defamatory
comments
against
him
in
an
interview.
He
claimed
that
the
actress
dragged
his
name
while
referring
to
a
"coterie" existing
in
Bollywood,
after
the
death
of
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
June
last
year.
Kangana
in
her
statements
had
also
claimed
he
(Akhtar)
had
threatened
her
for
speaking
up
about
her
alleged
relationship
with
another
Hrithik
Roshan.
Meanwhile,
Akhtar
has
claimed
that
the
"baseless
comments"
has
caused
damage
to
his
reputation.