A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad issued a summon to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a felony defamation case filed towards, him over his reported remarks that “only Gujaratis can be thugs.”
A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday issued a summon to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in a felony defamation case filed towards him over his reported remarks that “only Gujaratis can be thugs (fraudster).”
The court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate DJ Parmar issued a summon to the senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief to seem earlier than it on September 22 in a case filed towards him underneath sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for felony defamation.
The court had performed an inquiry towards Tejashwi Yadav underneath part 202 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and had discovered adequate grounds to summon him on the idea of a grievance filed by one Haresh Mehta, a 69-year-old social employee and businessman primarily based in Ahmedabad.
Haresh Mehta had filed his grievance in court together with the proof of Tejahwi Yadav’s assertion made earlier than the media in Patna in Bihar on March 21 this 12 months.
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