Kangana Ranaut slapped in Chandigarh, issues statement over abuse by CISF jawan

Chandigarh : Actress and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut was slapped by a CISF jawan at Chandigarh airport on Thursday. 

According to media reports, Kangana Ranaut was on her way back to Delhi and was waiting in the lounge area. As she went to the security gates, a female CISF jawan slapped her apparently for making derogatory remarks in one of her speeches over farmer's protest.

Later, the actress issued statement and said that she was moving towards the boarding area when CISF lady official, Kulwinder Kaur, allegedly argued and later punched her on the face. The video of incident has gone viral on social media. Check it out below:

In a video shared from her official page, Kangana Ranaut can be seen saying, "Mujhe bahut he zyada calls aur messages sabke aa rhe hai. Main kehna chahti hu ki main safe hu. Aaj chandigarh airport pe jo hadsa hua wo security check se sath hua. Waha par main security check karke jaisi he nikli toh jo CISF ki jo jawan thi aur aake mujhe mere face pe hit kiya. Aur gaaliyan dene lagi aur jab maine unko poocha ki unhone aisa kyu kiya toh unhone kaha wo farmers protest jo hai usse support karti hai. I am safe. my concern is Jo Aatankvad Punjab mein badh rha hai how do we handle that" (I'm getting a lot of calls and messages from everyone. I want to say that I am safe. Today, at Chandigarh airport, an incident happened with the security check. After completing the security check, as I was leaving, a CISF officer came and hit me in the face. She also started abusing me. When I asked her why she did that, she said she supports the farmers' protest. I am safe. My concern is about the increasing terrorism in Punjab and how we handle that."

Meanwhile, CISF has constituted a senior committee member to investigate the matter.