BJP leader booked for ₹10 crore bounty on Deepika, Bhansali
GURGAON/CHANDIGARH: StateBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Surajpal Amu was booked by Gurgaon Police for criminal intimidation on Tuesday, two days after he offered a bounty of ₹10 cr ore for be heading lead actor Deepika Padukone and director San jay Leela B hans ali of the film Padmavati.
The police filed a first information report at G ur ga on’ s Sector 29 police station on the complaint of an “art lover and fan” of Padukone and Bhansali against S ur a jP al A mu, the ruling party’ s media coordinator in Haryana.
Officials said A mu was booked under section 506 of the Indian Penal Code and that they would call him for questioning.
The National Commission for Women on Monday had asked Haryana’s director general of police to take action against A mu for his derogatory remarks.
The complainant Pawan Kumar of Gurgaon said he was “deeply hurt” after watching the video in which Amu issued the bounty on Sunday. The Ha ryan a unit of the BJP distanced itself from A mu’ s remarks on Monday and issued a show-cause notice asking to explain his statement.
“We are law-abiding people. But if anyone plays with our society, caste, and country’ s history then I would not have any prob- le min breaking law. I am ready to face arrest to save country’s history,” Amu said in his defence.
Rajput organisations, led by the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, across the country are up in arms against the movie. Amu, who lives in Essel Towers on MG Road, has been an RSS member since childhood. Amu belongs to a Raj put family from S oh na town in Gurgaon.
‘FORUM TO PROTEST IN P’KULAONDEC9’
Members of the Raj put an aV irasat JagritiM an ch and other for a of the Rajput community will hold a state-level protest against the film Pad ma vat ion December 9 in Panchkula, manch patron Suraj Pal Amu said on Tuesday.
“I have nothing against Deepika Padukone or others. In fact, I am her fan, but my anger is against the portrayal of Pad ma vati in the film and Raj puts would not allow its screening at any cost’,’ Amu said.