Rahul Gandhi made defamatory remarks about VD Savarkar at London event, says Pune Police
The Hindutva ideologue’s grandson filed a case against the Wayanad MP in April last year, accusing him of making fictitious, false and malicious remarks.
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The Pune Police on Monday submitted an enquiry report before a local court claiming that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi defamed Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar in a 2023 speech made in London, reported PTI.
In April last year, Satyaki Savarkar, the grandson of Vinayak Savarkar, filed a defamation complaint against Gandhi, accusing him of making fictitious, false and malicious remarks about the Hindutva ideologue in his speech.
According to the complaint, Gandhi claimed that Vinayak Savarkar had written in a book that he and five to six of his friends once beat up a Muslim man and felt happy about it.
“Rahul Gandhi then went on to ask whether this was not a cowardly act,” Satyaki Savarkar was quoted as saying by The Indian Express. “But Savarkar has not written any such book as claimed by Rahul Gandhi, nor has such an incident ever happened. Hence I filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi in a Pune court.”
In January, the court asked the city police to investigate the allegations and submit their findings by February 23. The police, in April, raised concerns about not getting access to information regarding the link to the video of Gandhi’s speech.
The court extended the deadline to submit the report to May 27.
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