Published 22:00 IST, September 14th 2020

Kangana Ranaut to remain in home isolation for 10 days in Manali: Sources

Kangana Ranaut who left Mumbai for her home state Himachal Pradesh will remain home quarantined for the next 10 days, as per the state's pandemic protocol

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Kangana Ranaut, who left Mumbai for her home state Himachal Pradesh will remain home quarantined for next 10 days, as per state's pandemic protocol, sources informed. A team of health department reached her home in Manali on Monday, sources said.

Kangana on Monday took to her Twitter handle and said she has been terrorised with "constant attacks and abuses" and declared that her analogy comparing city with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was "bang on". Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur welcomed her return and accused Maharashtra's Shiv Sena-Congress government of having harassed her. Ranaut took a flight to Chandigarh and n travelled by road to reach Manali.

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Kangana Ranaut replies to a user who demanded her Y-plus security be withdrawn

actor, whose comments triggered a spat with Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena, had come to Mumbai from her home in Manali last week for a short visit. On same day, her office in Mumbai faced action for "illegal" alterations by Shiv Sena-led Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), following which she moved Bombay High Court which stayed demolition.

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"With a heavy heart leaving Mumbai, way I was terrorised all se days constant attacks and abuses hurled at me attempts to break my house after my work place, alert security with lethal weapons around me, must say my analogy about POK was bang on(sic)," Ranaut wrote on Twitter.

Targeting ruling party, 33-year-old actor said protectors had declared mselves to be "destroyers" and were working towards dismantling democracy. "But y are wrong to think I'm weak. By threatening and abusing a woman, y are ruining ir own im," she added.

Kangana's defence of PoK analogy draws ire from Maharashtra Min; says onus on Mumbaikars

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actor has been aggressively criticizing film industry and way it functions since death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput in June. She initially said it was t a suicide but a "planned murder" by an industry that does t ackwledge outsiders.

Ranaut escalated her attack to tackle alleged drug nexus in industry, as well as targeting Maharashtra government for its handling of case. She sparked anger after she compared Mumbai to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Her spat with Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut led to her receiving Y-plus security detail of around 10 armed commandos who accompany actress whenever she travels.

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(with PTI inputs)

22:00 IST, September 14th 2020