India, June 1 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut on Sunday called the arrest of content creator Sharmishta Panoli by West Bengal Police as harassment and urged chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led government to not turn the state into "North Korea".

Sharmishta Panoli was arrested late Friday night from Haryana's Gurugram by Kolkata Police for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through her 'communal' comments in now-deleted videos on her social media.

Sharmishta Panoli was sent to judicial custody till June 13 after being brought from Gurugram to Kolkata on Saturday.

Reacting to Sharmishta Panoli's arrest, Kangana Ranaut said harassing someone in the name of law and order is not good.

"When someone has apologised and d...