Savarkar's grandson files criminal defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi

Late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkars grandson on Wednesday approached a court here in Maharashtra with a criminal defamation complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accusing him of making false allegations against Savarkar during his address in LondonThe grandson Satyaki Savarkar said his lawyers have moved the city court with a complaint under sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal CodeSince the concerned court officer was absent today they asked us to come again on Saturday to get the number of the case We have not received the case number yet and we will receive it on Saturday Satyaki Savarkar told PTISpeaking about the content of the complaint Satyaki Savarkar said Rahul Gandhi during his interaction with the Indian diaspora in London had raised Savarkars topicRahul Gandhi told the gathering that V D Savarkar had written a book in which the latter stated that he and his five to six friends were beating a Muslim man and he Savarkar felt happyRahul Gandhi while speaking about this incident asked if it was not a cowardly act First of all this incident as narrated by Gandhi is a fictional one No such incident had taken place in the life of Savarkar who was a man of scientific temperament He believed in democracy and had advised Muslims to adopt a scientific approach Satyaki Savarkar saidHe added that Rahul Gandhis statement about V D Savarkar was false malicious and aimed at insulting himAlso readWe will fight together Rahul Gandhi after meeting Nitish Kumar Tejashwi YadavAfter this attempt to defame Savarkar we decided not to sit silent and approached the court with a criminal defamation case under sections 499 and 500 of IPC against Rahul GandhiV D Savarkar had not written such things in any book so let this thing come up in the court as to in which book Rahul Gandhi read this incident Satyaki Savarkar saidHe claimed a video of Rahul Gandhi making these statements during the interaction is available and will be submitted in courtAdvocate Anirudh Ganu one of the two layers representing Satyaki Savarkar said Since the court officer assistant registrar was not there in the court they told us to come on Saturday and the case number will be issuedA metropolitan court in Surat on March 23 convicted Rahul Gandhi of criminal defamation for his 2019 remark How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname and sentenced him to two years in jail leading to his disqualification as a Lok Sabha memberSubsequently Rahul Gandhi moved the sessions court which granted him bail on April 3 and kept the hearing on his plea for a stay of conviction on April 13This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever