Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut was attacked by a CISF constable at the Chandigarh airport on Thursday. After her Lok Sabha election 2024 win from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, she was travelling to Delhi.
During the security check, a CISF constable slapped the actor. Following the incident, Kangana questioned Bollywood’s silence over the incident. Now, several celebrities have condemned the attack. Recently, Alia Bhatt and Hrithik Roshan have also shown their support for Kangana.
Hrithik Roshan reacts to post condemning Kangana Ranaut slap incident
Kangana's alleged ex, actor Hrithik Roshan, was among the many celebs, such as Alia Bhatt, Zoya Akhtar, Sonakshi Sinha, and Arjun Kapoor, to react to a post slamming the slap incident. As per a Reddit post, the Bollywood celebrities liked the Instagram post to show their support for the actor.
On Sunday, journalist Faye D’Souza shared a post on Instagram denouncing the slap incident. The post read, “With reference to the incident of MP Kangana Ranaut being slapped at an airport, violence can never be the answer. Especially not in our country, which was born out of Gandhi’s ideals of non- violence. It doesn’t matter how much we disagree with views and statements made by someone, we cannot react with violence and we should not condone it. It is particularly dangerous when security personnel react violently while in uniform. Imagine, over the last ten years, if those of us who questioned power were assaulted at airports by constables who were in agreement with that power.”
Kangana Ranaut lashes out at Bollywood
Previously, Kangana Ranaut lashed out at Bollywood for not supporting her over the alleged slap incident in a now-deleted post. On Saturday, the actor-politician said that people who are okay with breaking into someone's intimate zone would also be okay with grave crimes like rapes and murders.
In an X post, Kangana wrote, “Every rapist, murderer or thief always have a strong emotional, physical, psychological or financial reason to commit a crime, no crime ever happens without a reason, yet they are convicted and sentenced to jail."
"Remember if you are ok with breaking in to someone's intimate zone, without their permission touching their bodies and assaulting them then deep down you are ok with rape or murder also because that's also just penetration or stab only what big deal, you must look deeper in to your psychological criminal tendencies, I suggest please take up yoga and meditation or else life will become a bitter and burdensome experience, don’t carry so much grudge, hate and jealousy please, free yourself," she added.
On June 6, Kangana claimed that she was slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable at the Chandigarh airport. The constable, identified as Constable Kulwinder Kaur, was later suspended and a case was filed against her.