Cops book LoP, Cong files counter complaint
Hindustan Times Amritsar|December 20, 2024
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been booked for allegedly assaulting BJP MPs during a scuffle in Parliament Complex, police officials said late on Thursday, adding that the charges filed against the Rae Bareli MP include assault and criminal intimidation.
HT Correspondent

NEW DELHI: "The FIR has been registered and further probe will be conducted," a senior police officer said.

The FIR was registered on a complaint filed by BJP MP Hemang Joshi who urged the police to lodge a complaint on charges of attempt to murder, causing hurt, endangering life and using criminal force among other sections. Gandhi has been booked under sections 115 (voluntarily causing hurt), 117 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt), 125 (endangering life), 131 (assault), 351 (criminal intimidation), and 3/5 (common intention) of the BNSS, the officer said requesting anonymity.

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