India, Oct. 27 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian and actor Kangana Ranaut appeared before a Bathinda court on Monday in connection with a defamation case, amid tight security.

Last month, the court had dismissed a petition filed by the actor, seeking to appear through video conference.

Judicial magistrate first class Lakhbir Singh had directed Kangana to appear before the court in person on October 27.

The defamation complaint against the MP was filed by 73-year-old Mahinder Kaur of Bahadurgarh Jandian village in Bathinda, alleging that Kangana defamed her in a post on social media platform X by wrongly identifying her as a Shaheen Bagh protester, Bilkis Bano and suggesting that such women could be hired to protest for Rs...