CISF Constable Kulwinder Kaur Suspended, Arrested For Slapping Kangana Ranaut At Chandigarh Airport

The CISF woman constable, who allegedly slapped actor and BJP MP-elect Kangana Ranaut, has been arrested after she was suspended in the wake of the incident, a video of which went viral on the internet.

Ranaut, in a video message, had on Thursday said she was hit in the face and abused by the constable during a security check at the Chandigarh airport, the ugly fracas breaking out two days after she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.

The constable Kulwinder Kaur, who appeared to be upset with Ranaut over her stance on the farmers’ protests, was earlier suspended and a probe was launched into the incident. The CISF, tasked with providing security at airports, had also ordered a court of inquiry into the incident.

The constable, Ranaut had said, came towards her from the side. “She hit me in the face and started abusing me. I asked her why she did it and she said she supports the farmer protests.” “I am safe but my concern is that terrorism and extremism are increasing in Punjab… How do we handle that?”, Ranaut had said.

Another video doing the rounds of social media had shown the agitated constable talking to people presumably after the incident. “Kangana made a statement (earlier) that farmers were protesting in Delhi because they were paid Rs 100 or Rs 200. At the time, my mother was one of the protesters,” she said in the purported video.

Earlier today, some farmer outfits threw their weight behind the CISF woman constable who allegedly slapped Kangana, saying the entire sequence leading to the incident needs to be properly investigated. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha were among the prominent outfits which said they stand in support of the CISF woman constable.

SKM (Non-Political) leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said they will meet Punjab’s Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav for a proper investigation into the matter. “We will demand a proper investigation and we will tell him that there should be no injustice with the woman constable,” Dallewal said.

(With agency inputs)