Actor Ajay Devgn’s car was on Tuesday was blocked by a man outside the Film City in Goregaon. The 28-year-old-man, who was later arrested, demanded to know why Devgn had not spoken out in support of farmers protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws.
According to PTI, the man, Rajdeep Singh, is a resident of Santosh Nagar locality in the northern suburb and works as a driver. He originally hails from Punjab, one of the states from which a large number of farmers have gathered near Delhi for the protests.
Bollywood producer Ashoke Pandit took to Instagram to post a video of the incident. In his caption, Pandit said, “I condemn this attack on @ajaydevgn by a #Khalistani this morning on filmcity road. I appeal to @MumbaiPolice to provide security to #AjayDevgun and arrest this man and take strict action against him.”
A Dindoshi police station official said, “The incident took place around 10:30am. Singh stopped Devgn’s car and demanded to know why the actor had not spoken in support of the protesting farmers. A complaint was lodged by Devgn’s bodyguard Pradeep Indrasen Gautam after which Singh was arrested.”
Singh was charged under IPC sections 341 (wrongful restraint) 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation), said Senior Inspector Dharmendra Kamble of Dindoshi police station.
