Actor-turned-politician and newly elected BJP MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, was on Thursday slapped by a CISF woman constable at Chandi-Garh airport. The incident took place after the frisking of the MP-elect at the security area. She was at the airport to board a flight to Delhi to attend a BJP meeting.
The CISF constable has been identified as Kulwinder Kaur, a native of Punjab. She allegedly slapped Ranaut for her “disrespectful remarks” toward farmers in Punjab during the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s now-repealed farm laws. The constable has since been suspended, and an investigation has been launched against her.
Meanwhile, Ms. Ranaut spoke about the incident in a video statement released shortly after and raised concerns over the alleged surge in “terror and violence” in Punjab. “The woman who worked in security checks hit me in the face, and when I asked her why she did this, she said she supports the farmers’ protest… I am safe now… But my concern is, how do we handle the terror and violence that have been on the rise in Punjab?” she said in the video.