The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday registered a case against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi , hours after they were de...
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday registered a case against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, hours after they were detained on their way to Hathras to meet the family of a Dalit woman, whose brutal gangrape by four upper-caste men has sparked nationwide outrage, The Hindu reported.
A first information report was registered against the siblings under sections 188, 269 and 270 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act.
The FIR was filed at the Ecotech One police station of Gautam Budh Nagar, according to NDTV. Besides the Gandhis, it named 150 Congress workers, who had accompanied the two leaders.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were detained on Thursday afternoon. The two politicians were taken to the guest house of Buddha International Circuit for violating Section 144 and were later released on personal bonds.
Their convoy was first stopped at the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida by Uttar Pradesh Police at a toll gate, following which all of them decided to walk on foot. However, few kilometers into the march, police officials stopped them again. The Congress leaders alleged that when they asserted they would continue marching, they were mishandled.
Photos and videos on social media showed Gandhi falling down during an altercation with a police officer,...
