Court notice to Kejriwal in defamation complaint

A court here on Wednesday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh in a defamation complaint over the May 10 attack on suspended AAP leader Kapil Mishra.

Additional District Judge Vijay Shankar issued notice to Kejriwal and Singh and listed the matter for January 22, 2018.

The court was hearing a appeal filed by Ankit Bhardwaj, state executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the BJP, who has challenged a civil judge's order returning his defamation case against Kejriwal and Singh, as his court lacks territorial jurisdiction to entertain the complaint against the Aam Aadmi Party leaders.

Bhardwaj, in his complaint said that on May 10, a person allegedly named Ankit Bhardwaj attacked sacked minister Kapil Mishra when he was sitting on a protest and it was later found that he is an AAP volunteer.

But AAP activists and some senior leaders picked Ankit Bhardwaj of the BJP and declared that he was the one who attacked Mishra and also spread this information in the media and social media.

Even Sanjay Singh declared him as the assailant by showing BJYM member Bhardwaj's Facebook profile. Kejriwal also retweeted a tweet quoting Ankit Bhardwaj as the accused, the BJYM leader said.

He alleged that the AAP members' act has tarnished his image in the minds of party leaders, relatives, friends and the public at large.

Bhardwaj also said that their act is causing harm to his reputation.

--IANS

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