
Congress files police complaint against Ravneet Singh Bittu, Tarvinder Singh Marvah over threats against Rahul Gandhi
The Hindu
Ajay Maken files FIR against BJP leaders for threats to Rahul Gandhi, alleging conspiracy to incite violence.
Congress leader Ajay Maken approached Delhi Police on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) to register an FIR against BJP leaders over open threats to ‘eliminate’ or cause physical injury to the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.
Mr. Maken in the letter for FIR named Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, Delhi BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marvah, Shiv Sena (Shinde) Sanjay Gaikwad, and U.P. Minister Raghuraj Singh. The FIR was filed at the Tughlak Road police station.
The letter stated that the BJP leader Tarvinder Singh Marwah on September 11, 2024, in a BJP event openly issued assassination threat against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, wherein he said, “You better behave, or you will meet the same fate as your grandmother [Indira Gandhi]”
The letter stated that Sanjay Gaikwad, Shiv Sena (Shinde) publicly announced a bounty of ₹11 lakh for anyone who will cut the tongue of Rahul Gandhi.
The letter further named Ravneet Bittu, Minister of State for Railways, and claimed that the Minister while speaking publicly to media, called Mr. Gandhi the ‘number one terrorist of the country’.
The letter of FIR stated, “Mr. Bittu deliberately made statement to provoke public hatred and outrage against Mr. Gandhi, with the aim to incite violence and breach of peace.”
The letter further added that “ the leaders of BJP/ its allies, intends to jeopardizes the safety and security of the Leader of Opposition, as well as, seeks to disturb public peace throughout the country, especially in view of the ongoing elections in State of Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana.”