Mumbai: Bandra police on Wednesday served a notice to actress Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel to appear to answer charges filed against them on an order from Bandra’s metropolitan magistrate court on October 17. The notice was served by police; one at her office, a copy was sent on their WhatsApp numbers and one through registered post.

Police said they had to appear on October 26 and 27 respectively in connection to a case of sedition filed against them. An FIR was registered against them for allegedly promoting enmity between communities, hurting religious sentiments and sedition.

The court had ordered Bandra police to probe the complaint, by Munawwar Ali Sayyed, a Bollywood casting director and fitness trainer, following their tweets and statements defaming Bollywood for two months by calling it a “hub of nepotism” and alleging “favouritism” through tweets and TV interviews.

Sayyed said Ranaut also tweeted “very objectionable” comments, which not only hurt his religious sentiments, but also feelings of many artistes, and she was trying to divide artistes on communal lines. He said Kangana, in a tweet, referred to Mumbai as ‘POK’ (Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir), which led to a public spat with ruling Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.