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Defamation case against Kangana: Court records veteran farmer leader’s statement
In 2021, septuagenarian Mahinder Kaur, a resident of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Bathinda district, had filed a complaint alleging that Ranaut had defamed her in a post on the social media platform, X
A special court on Thursday recorded the cross-examination of veteran farmer leader Surjit Singh Phul, who appeared as a prosecution witness in a defamation complaint filed against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mandi MP and film actor Kangana Ranaut.
Prosecution counsel RS Behniwal said Ranaut attended the proceedings virtually.
In 2021, septuagenarian Mahinder Kaur, a resident of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Bathinda district, had filed a complaint alleging that Ranaut had defamed her in a post on the social media platform, X, by wrongly identifying her as Bilkis Bano, a protester associated with the Shaheen Bagh agitation, and suggesting that such women could be hired to take part in the protests for ₹100. The next hearing in the case is on July 18.
