Case filed against Kejriwal, Chidambaram, Nirupam on surgical strike

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Press Trust of India Muzaffarpur (Bihar)
Last Updated : Oct 05 2016 | 8:14 PM IST
A case was today filed in a district court here with a prayer to prosecute Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Sanjay Nirupam under sedition law for their statements on the surgical strike in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir by the Army.
One Jaganath Sah filed the case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Ramchandra Prasad against Kejriwal, Chidambaram and Sanjay Nirupam.
The three leaders were alleged to have sought proof in support of the claim that the Indian Army had conducted the strikes across the LoC in PoK.
The court has fixed October 19 for hearing the matter.
The complainant is president of a newly floated party "Aap aur Hum".

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First Published: Oct 05 2016 | 8:14 PM IST

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