Himachal Pradesh Police have registered an FIR against BJP MP Kangana Ranaut over her social media posts about the Gandhi family, which allegedly made inflammatory insinuations about the deaths of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and her sons, Sanjay Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.

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The case was registered on Friday at Shimla following a complaint by local resident Capt. Atul Sharma. Shimla Superintendent of Police Gaurav Singh confirmed the development, adding that an investigation would follow.

The complaint alleges that Ranaut's posts, shared through her verified social media account on November 10, questioned the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the three members of the Gandhi family. It also took objection to remarks about Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and the circumstances following Sanjay Gandhi's death.

According to Sharma's complaint, one of the posts described Sonia Gandhi as a "mysterious foreign national" and allegedly suggested that she had arrived at a cafe abroad before members of the Gandhi family were killed one after another.

The post reportedly ended with the remark, "How convenient".

The complaint also alleged that Ranaut's posts referred to Maneka Gandhi being abruptly expelled from the family residence after Sanjay Gandhi's death.

Sharma argued that the remarks went beyond political criticism and amounted to a calculated narrative that could create public hostility and disturb public tranquillity.

In his complaint to the Himachal Pradesh Director General of Police, Sharma alleged that the posts circulated false information with the intention of causing fear or alarm.

He further claimed that the content could promote enmity between different groups, affect communal harmony and contain imputations prejudicial to national integration.

The complainant sought immediate registration of an FIR and a time-bound cyber-forensic investigation into Ranaut's posts. The complaint was sent by email at 7.51 pm on Thursday.

Police registered the case under Sections 196, 353 and 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Further investigation is expected to examine the allegations.

With PTI inputs