Police refuse to lodge FIR against Rahul Gandhi in JNU case

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Press Trust of India Kanpur
Last Updated : Feb 17 2016 | 2:28 AM IST
Police today refused to register an FIR against Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on the ccomplaint of some BJP leaders here for supporting students protesting in JNU saying, it was out of their jurisdiction.
Terming Gandhi's act of support as 'anti-national' BJP president Surendra Methani along with other leaders marched to the police station to lodge an FIR.
But Circle Officer Rajendra Dhar Dwivedi said that BJP Kanpur since the incident happened in Delhi, I refused to take the FIR.
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First Published: Feb 17 2016 | 2:28 AM IST

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