Petition seeking case against Rahul,Digvijay filed

Petition says they had hurt religious sentiments by raking up the Batla House encounter issue.

A petition was filed today in a court here seeking registration of a case against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh alleging they had hurt religious sentiments by raking up the Batla House encounter issue.

The petition was filed by one Jitendra Singh in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate V K Singh,his counsel Lal Bahadur Singh said.

The petitioner said during Rahul’s Azamgarh visit on January 10 the issue of Batla House encounter was raised by Dijvijay Singh who had termed it fake.

This action had hurt religious feelings,the petitioner said adding as the matter was pending in a court such remarks were unfortunate.

The CJM fixed February 8 for further hearing.

The petitioner’s counsel said though Digvijay Singh had given the statement,Rahul had not contradicted it showing his involvement in the episode.

He said the court had been requested to order filing of a case against them under section 296 A (disturbing religious assembly) and section 298 (uttering words with deliberate intent to hurt religious feelings) of the IPC.

Digvijay had said in Azamgarh that he always believed that the Batla House encounter was “fake”.

Story continues below this ad

The encounter on September 19,2008 at Batla House in the national capital led to the killing of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chandra Sharma and two terrorists.

Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram