Kangana Ranaut: Twitter suspends Bollywood actress account

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Twitter has suspended the account of contentious Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut over a tweet that allegedly incited violence.

In it, she asks Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “tame” an opposition leader using his leadership style of the “early 2000s” – a likely reference to rioting on his watch, which left thousands of Muslims dead.

Ranaut’s tweet immediately drew outraged reactions on the platform.

Twitter has not made a statement yet.

But a spokesperson for the