Written by: Express News Service
2 min readNew DelhiSep 25, 2012 03:09 AM IST
First published on: Sep 25, 2012 at 03:09 AM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday told the SC that the allegation of his role in an abduction and rape case in Amethi was sinister political mudslinging.
It is a clear case of sinister political mudslinging and contempt of process of court. Such a petition deserves to be dismissed with cost only and hence the Allahabad HC order imposing a cost on the petitioner was correct, senior advocate P P Rao,appearing for Rahul,told the court.
Rao said the petitioner,former SP MLA Kishore Samrite,was neither a friend of the victim nor a relative.
Meanwhile,the UP government also filed its affidavit refuting Samrites charge that he had filed the case against Rahul at the behest of CM Akhilesh Yadav and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The allegation was not levelled before the HC and its object was to scandalise the issue so as to gain cheap publicity and to advance his political objectives,the affidavit said.
The CBI also adduced its report of its investigation,carried out as per the HC order. The CBI told the court that the case of alleged illegal confinement of the girl and her parents was found to be based on non-existent claims since the names and addresses of these persons were false.
The CBI also said Samrites petition was funded by some others. It said the websites which Samrite relied on for information on the incident and for filing his petition were located outside the geographical territory of the country.
The court will continue to hear the matter tomorrow.
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