08 April,2018 08:13 AM IST | Bengaluru | mid-day online desk
Jignesh Mewani. Pic/PTI
The police said that a case has been filed agaisnt Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani allegedly made incendiary remarks against Narendra Modi at an event he was headinf in Chitradurga, Karnataka
The case was filed based on a complaint from a designated 'flying squad officer' on election duty of Chitradurga Assembly Constituency, T Jayanth. In his complaint, T Jayanth alleged that Jignesh Mewani had made the remarks against PM Modi, while addressing a gathering at an event in Chitradurga last evening. Cases were registered under IPC sections 153, 188, 117 and 34, police said.
(with inputs from Agencies)
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