Kangana Ranaut, sister questioned by Mumbai Police in sedition case

Ranaut and her sister were questioned for a few hours at the Bandra Police station this afternoon.

After leaving the police station, the actor wrote on Twitter, "If you are anti India you will find lot of support, work/rewards, and appreciation. If you are a nationalist then you will have to stand alone, be your own support system and appreciate your own integrity (sic)."

Ranaut and Chandel arrived at the police station in Bandra around 1 pm.

They were accompanied by their lawyer as they entered the premises amid heavy media presence.

To note, this is the first time they appeared to record their statements in this case.

Earlier, the Mumbai Police had sent notices to them three times asking them to appear for interrogation.

Last year, a casting director named Munawwar Ali Sayyed had registered a case against the actor and her sister for allegedly "trying to create hatred and communal tension" through their social media posts.

He also claimed that Ranaut "is continuously defaming Bollywood film industry and is portraying people working in Bollywood films as a hub of nepotism, favoritism, drug addicts, communally-biased, murderers, etc (sic)."

After missing three summons issued by the Mumbai Police, Ranaut and her sister approached the Bombay High Court seeking the cancellation of the FIR against them.

In their appeal, they called the claims made by the petitioner "absolutely vague and baseless (sic)."

Justices SS Shinde and MS Karnik had asked the police why the sedition charge was invoked in the case.

Ranaut has been at odds with the leaders of the political party Shiv Sena since the tragic death of fellow actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year.

Amid the rift, her office was demolished by the city's civic body in September, which further fueled the battle.

Ranaut then sought legal resort in the case, after which Bombay High Court quashed the demolition order.

Ranaut is currently involved in a number of legal cases.

Earlier, at least two legal notices were issued against her over her "misinforming" tweet related to the ongoing farmer's protest, demanding an apology from her.

She was also slapped with two court cases in Bihar for passing alleged derogatory comments against the politician and former Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha.