Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that the Bollywood actresss Kangana Ranaut should approach the police with evidence and prove that he threatened her rather than "playing on Twitter".
Ranaut in her earlier tweet stated that raut had threatened her openly and asked her not to return to Mumbai.
Speaking to reporters, Mr Raut said without naming the actor that "instead of playing on Twitter, one should approach the police and government with proof."
Kangana hit back at the Sena leader and said, "Sanjay Raut Shiv Sena leader has given me an open threat and asked me not to come back to Mumbai, after Aazadi graffitis in Mumbai streets and now open threats, why Mumbai is feeling like Pakistan occupied Kashmir?"
The actor had said she feared Mumbai Police more than the "movie mafia".
She would require security from Haryana or Himachal Pradesh police and would not accept protection from Mumbai Police to expose the "drug mafia in Bollywood", she had stated.
Ranaut has been lashing out at the inner-circle and nepotism in Bollywood since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.