The Central Industrial Security Force on Thursday suspended the officer, who allegedly slapped actress Kangana Ranaut at the Chandigarh airport, ANI reported.
An FIR is also being registered against the officer, a senior CISF official confirmed on Thursday.
“We have lodged a complaint with the local police station against the officer concerned. She has been suspended with immediate effect and an investigation has been ordered into the matter,” the officer said.
Earlier today, Ranaut was allegedly slapped by a CISF officer while she was on her way to Delhi to attend a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), scheduled for tomorrow.
According to the ANI report, the incident took place around 3:30 pm when Kangana was about to board a flight to Delhi from Chandigarh airport.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP leader Kangana Ranaut, in a post on
“I am safe. I am perfectly fine. The incident took place during the security check. Once I finished the security check, a woman CISF officer waited for me to pass through the booth. Later, she came from the side. , hit me in the face and started abusing me,” Ranaut said in a post on ‘X’.
“When I asked her why she had done this, she told me that she (a CISF official) had supported the farmers’ protest. My question (Kangana) is how we will end the growing extremism and terrorism in Punjab,” the leader added. of the BJP.
Meanwhile, the CISF officer said his mother was among the farmers staging a sit-in protest against the farm laws, which have now been repealed.
“He said farmers are sitting there for Rs 100. Will he go and sit there? My mother was sitting there protesting when he made this statement…” he said.
The farmers’ protest, which lasted for 15 months, was against the (now repealed) farm laws, including other issues.
Kangana Ranaut defeated Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi by a margin of 74,755 votes.
Shocking rise in terror and violence in Punjab…. pic.twitter.com/7aefpp4blQ
– Kangana Ranaut (Modi Ka Parivar) (@KanganaTeam) June 6, 2024