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Punjab: 3rd witness records statement in Kangana defamation case
Prosecution counsel RS Behniwal said that Gurpreet Singh appeared before the court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed by septuagenarian Mahinder Kaur in 2021
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A special court on Monday recorded the statement of the third witness in a defamation complaint against the Bharatiya Janata Party Mandi MP and film actor Kangana Ranaut.
Prosecution counsel RS Behniwal said that Gurpreet Singh appeared before the court in connection with a criminal defamation case filed by septuagenarian Mahinder Kaur in 2021.
Gurpreet is a relative of the complainant and a resident of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Bathinda district.
Two other witnesses, veteran farmer union leader Surjit Singh Phul and Jasveer Singh, have already deposed in the case.
Behniwal said that the court has fixed September 15 as the next date of hearing, when the complainant is scheduled to record her statement.
He said that the court also adjourned the hearing on the complainant’s plea seeking confiscation of Ranaut’s passport.
Ranaut attended the court proceedings via videoconferencing.
In 2021, Mahinder Kaur had filed a complaint alleging that Ranaut had defamed her in a post on X by wrongly identifying her as Bilkis Bano, a protester associated with the Shaheen Bagh agitation, and suggesting that such women could be hired for ₹100 to take part in protests.
