According to a police officer, the FIR was filed on Friday in response to a complaint against Gandhi that was submitted to IGP Northern Range, Himanshu Lal on February 5 by members of the BJP, its youth wing, RSS, Bajrang Dal, of Jharsuguda district.
Bhubaneswar:
An FIR has been registered against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district for allegedly making an “anti-national” statement, a senior police officer said on Saturdays
According to the officer, the FIR was filed on Friday in response to a February 5 complaint against Gandhi made to IGP Northern Range, Himanshu Lal by members of the BJP, its youth wing, RSS, Bajrang Dal, of Jharsuguda district.
An FIR has been registered against Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, at Jharsuguda police station (case No 31) under section 152 (criminalizes acts that threaten India’s sovereignty, unity, and integrity), 197(1) (d) (for making or publishing false or misleading information that threatens India’s unity, sovereignty, integrity, or security) of BNS, the officer said.
The protest asserted that Gandhi has been purposely offering hostile to public expressions which hurt every single Indian person.
The IGP sent the protest to Jharsuguda SP Parmar Smit Parshottamdas for request and essential lawful activity. According to the course of the SP, a FIR has been enlisted against Gandhi at Jharsuguda police headquarters (case No 31).
“I do not know the nature of the allegation against Rahul Gandhi, let me see it first. The Congress as a political party has been fighting against the ideology of BJP and RSS,” former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Srikant Jena told PTI.