Mumbai: Kamal Rashid Khan, popularly known as KRK, has been arrested over his 2020 tweets about Akshay Kumar and Ram Gopal Verma with city police claiming that his posts were communal and he targeted Bollywood personalities.A magistrate’s court here on Tuesday remanded Khan in 14-day judicial custody and adjourned the bail hearing to September 2.Khan was arrested by police from the Mumbai airport late Monday night after he arrived from Dubai.According to a report by the Indian Express, Khan was arrested on the basis of a complaint by Shiv Sena youth wing member, Rahul Kanal, who accused Khan of making “derogatory statements” and using “foul language”.Kanal had reportedly also lodged a complaint against Khan in 2020, who claimed the latter had posted derogatory tweets about two Bollywood actors – Rishi Kapoor and Irffan Khan – while each was in hospital. Bandra police had registered an FIR in May, 2020 on the basis of Kanal’s complaint.“Such kind of behaviour is unacceptable in society. By arresting him, the Mumbai police have sent out a strong message against such people and no one would repeat this in future with any citizen,” the newspaper quoted Kanal as saying.He was produced before additional chief metropolitan magistrate S.P. Kekan at Borivali court on Tuesday.Police sought his custody for four days, saying they needed to find out at whose behest he was posting such tweets from a foreign country despite knowing that they might create communal tension.Police also needed to ascertain if he was trying to extort money from filmmakers or stars for not posting negative reviews of movies, the remand application said.Khan mainly targeted Bollywood artists and was trying to create unrest between two groups of society by posting inflammatory statements and tweets against influential persons, police alleged.Khan’s lawyers opposed the remand plea, contending that his tweets were not inflammatory.The tweets were about actor Akshay Kumar and filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma but they had not filed any complaint and the first information report was registered by another person, the lawyers said.After the court sent Khan to judicial custody by rejecting the police’s plea, his lawyers filed a bail application.It said that the tweets in question were only Khan’s comments on the film titled Laxmii Bomb (released as only Laxmii) and no offence as alleged by police was committed.Khan is acting as a “critic and/or reporter in the film Industry”, the bail plea said.The court then adjourned the hearing on bail to September 2.Khan’s lawyers later said he was taken to Shatabdi Hospital in the city due to his health condition. He had returned to India for heart treatment, they said.As per the police, after the release of the trailer of Laxmii Bomb in 2020, Khan made a comment against its lead actor Akshay Kumar, which was communal in nature.In the same year, reacting to a picture posted by Ram Gopal Varma on Twitter, Khan allegedly made derogatory remarks, the complaint said.The FIR was registered against Khan in 2020 in the case under various Indian Penal Code sections including 153 (giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 500 (punishment for defamation) and provisions of the Information Technology Act. Khan starred in the 2008 film Deshdrohi, among others.Meanwhile, the National Commission for Women said Khan had also made derogatory remarks about women on social media and the Maharashtra police should act against him.“Chairperson @sharmarekha has written to @DGPMaharashtra to book him under relevant provisions for his comments on women. Action taken must be apprised to the Commission,” the NCW said in a tweet during the day.(With PTI inputs)