JOIN USThreat to life: Kangana seeks transfer of Mumbai cases
Actor Kangana Ranaut has moved the Supreme Court to transfer cases filed against her in Mumbai to a Shimla court in Himachal Pradesh, alleging Shiv Sena leaders would eliminate her due to outspokenness on wrongs committed by them in Bollywood.
She claimed she faced a material threat to her life and property in Mumbai because of the personal vendetta of ruling Shiv Sena leaders. She also contended that she had been provided Y plus security by CISF due to threat perception.
"The Shiv Sena will leave no stone unturned to eliminate the petitioners herein, because of Kangana's continuous outspokenness against the wrongs done by the Shiv Sena in collusion with big names of the Bollywood," she alleged.
In a joint plea, Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel said, "The Maharashtra government led by Shiv Sena has been harassing us. It would not be out of context to mention that Kangana was called ‘Haramkhor Ladki’ by Sanjay Raut, who is a senior Shiv Sena leader and a Member of Parliament."
Further, on September 9, 2020, the Shiv Sena-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) demolished her Pali Hill Bungalow, which the Bombay High Court termed as illegal and having malafide intentions.
"If the petitioners visit Maharashtra to attend the said trials, there will be a constant threat to them from the Shiv Sena and Maharashtra government," the petition claimed.
The cases listed for transfer are one FIR filed by Ali Kashif Khan Deshmukh for her tweet criticising attack on doctors in Moradabad's Nawabganj area at the peak of Covid-19 pandemic on April 15, 2020, a defamation complaint by lyricist Javed Akhtar following Kangana's interview to Arnab Goswami on July 20, 2020 and a complaint by Munawar Ali for another tweet.