After further revelations of derogatory comments about Pakistanis and Sikhs, Ranger's CBE appointment was revoked by the Honours Forfeiture Committee in 2024.

[2][3] Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Patiala in Indian Punjab as refugees of the partition, and Ranger was raised with seven siblings by his widowed mother.

[4] Ranger took up odd jobs after migrating to the United Kingdom, including working as a KFC chef in Norbury, south London, before being promoted to district manager.

[10] In 2018, alongside MP Zac Goldsmith, Ranger was appointed a co-chairman of Conservative Friends of India, linking the party with the British-Indian community and supporting stronger India–United Kingdom relations.

[15] After a series of controversies, the Conservatives withdrew the party whip from Ranger in September 2023, but did not disclose this to parliamentary authorities until a year later.

His words were found to have had the effect of "violating the claimant's dignity and creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating and offensive environment for her".

[20] In 2022, the House of Lords commissioner for standards initiated an investigation into Ranger following a complaint by Poonam Joshi, a female journalist who accused him of bullying and harassment.

[21] The commissioner's report, published in June 2023, found that Ranger bullied and harassed Joshi through a series of tweets and WhatsApp messages.

He apologised to Joshi, and promised to undertake social-media training and re-attend a seminar on the parliamentary behaviour code, in lieu of being suspended from Parliament.