A CISF female constable has been accused of slapping BJP MP Kangana Ranaut at Chandigarh airport on June 6. The incident reportedly took place at approximately 3:30 pm when Ranaut was preparing to board a flight to Delhi to participate in a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). According to reports, Ranaut was accompanied by four personnel, comprising a CISF inspector, two female police staffers, and airline staff from Vistara.
As per the FIR filed by CISF inspector Surendra Kumar Sharma, after completing the pre-embarkation security check (PESC), Ranaut was proceeding towards the boarding gate at about 15:28 hrs when CISF Lady Constable Kulwinder Kaur, who was deployed in the Domestic SHA (adjacent ladies frisking booth), came out from her booth and slapped Ranaut. Immediately, Lady Constable Veerpal Kaur pushed Lady Constable Kulwinder Kaur towards the frisking booth. Later, Ranaut left the PESC point and proceeded for her scheduled flight.
The Central Industrial Security Force on Thursday suspended the lady constable. Kangana Ranaut took to her social media account on the day of the incident and asked how growing “extremism” and “terrorism” could be ended in Punjab. “I am safe. I am perfectly fine. The incident took place during the security check. After I was done with the security check, a woman constable of the CISF waited for me to pass through the cabin. Later, she came from the side, hit me in the face and started abusing me,” Ranaut said in a post on X.
“When I asked her why she did this, she told me that she (CISF official) had supported the farmers’ protest. My (Kangana) question is how we end growing extremism and terrorism in Punjab,” the BJP leader added.
Meanwhile, the CISF constable said that her mother was among the farmers holding a sit-in protest against the farm laws, which now have been repealed. “She stated that the farmers are sitting there for ₹ 100. Will she go and sit there? My mother was sitting there and protesting when she gave this statement…” she said.
The 15-month-long farmers’ protest was held against the farm laws (now repealed).
