Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi transferred

A defamation complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for equating the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh with the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), was today transferred to another court.

The complaint lodged by petitioner Ashish Kumar Singh in the court of chief judicial magistrate Vijay Kumar yesterday, was transfered to that of judical magistrate (first class) Amit Shekhar.

Singh, a resident of Ranchi, demanded action against the Congress leader for reportedly comparing the RSS with the banned SIMI during a meeting in Bhopal earlier this month.

In a separate complaint case against Arundhati Roy which was also transfered to the court of Amit Shekar, Singh demanded action against the writer under section 124 of IPC (sedition) for her recent reported remarks on Kashmir.