Newly elected MP and actor Kangana Ranaut on Thursday was slapped by a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the Chandigarh airport.
The CISF personnel has been suspended. The incident took place at around 3:30pm, local time, when Kangana was about to board a flight to Delhi.
Hours after the incident, the BJP leader released a video confirming the incident and linked it to rising extremism and terrorism in Punjab.
"A CISF personnel hit me on my face and hurled abuses. When I asked why she did that, she said she supported the farmers' protests. I am safe. But I am concerned about the rising extremism and terrorism in Punjab," Kangana said in a video.
The CISF personnel said she was upset with Ranaut over the actor-turned-MP's "Rs 100" statement during the farmers' protest.
"She had given a statement 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," the personnel said.
Kangana has been elected as the Member of Parliament from the Mandi Lok Sabha constituency.
Kangana secured a resounding victory over Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh, with a margin of 74,755 votes. She garnered a total of 5,37,022 votes in the election.
