PTI, NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police today informed a court here that a BJP leader’s plea for lodging sedition case against suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for allegedly using derogatory remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been transferred to the crime branch.
A report was submitted in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Manika, who was on leave today, in pursuance to the court’s direction to the police to submit an action taken report in the matter. Due to the the magistrate’s absense, the hearing has now been deferred to May 4.
The matter pertains to a complaint filed by BJP leader Ajay Agrawal against Aiyar seeking lodging of a sedition case against him for hosting Pakistani officials, which allegedly “posed a threat to national security”.
