Kangana Ranaut calls herself 'lioness' after court summons her in defamation case

Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday took to her Twitter handle to react to the summons issued by Mumbai court on Monday. The city police informed the court that an offence of defamation, as alleged by lyricist Javed Akhtar against the actor, is made out and further probe into it is required.

Kangana to this, wrote, "Geedaron ka ek jhund aur ek sherni... mazaa aayega (A pack of jackals and a lioness… this will be fun)" [sic]

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The Andheri metropolitan magistrate in December 2020 directed the Juhu police to conduct an inquiry into the complaint of defamation filed by Akhtar against Ranaut before the court in November last year. The police on Monday submitted their report to the court, stating that offences alleged by the complainant (Akhtar) against Ranaut are made out for further investigation.

Magistrate R R Khan, after perusing the report, issued summons to Ranaut. The court posted the matter for hearing on March 1. Akhtar's advocate Jay Kumar Bharadwaj on Monday told the court that the police last month issued summons to Ranaut, asking her to remain present before the police for recording her statement.

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But, the actor is yet to respond to the same. Akhtar, in his complaint, alleged that Ranaut had made defamatory comments against him in an interview, by dragging his name while referring to a "coterie" existing in Bollywood, following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June last year.

The lyricist in his plea claimed that the "baseless comments" made by Ranaut had caused damage to his reputation.

Kangana reacting to summon

In January 2021, Kangana Ranaut said no matter how many cases are filed against her, she won't deter. "Today one more summon for me. Come all hyenas come together...Put me in jail...torture me and push me against the wall with 500 cases," she wrote.

(With PTI inputs)