The Delhi police have filed a zero FIR against the Deoghar district commissioner (DC) in Jharkhand on the charge of sedition and under the Officials Secret Acts following BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaint, officers said.

This comes a day after the Jharkhand police lodged an FIR against BJP MPs Dubey and Manoj Tiwari, Dubey’s two sons and others. They were accused of “forcefully” taking flight clearance on August 31 from the Air Traffic Control at Deoghar airport, which is not ready for night operations. In his complaint, Dubey claimed that he decided to take information from the airport director regarding a high court case about night landing facility.