Parliament scuffle: Delhi Police files FIR against Rahul Gandhi

Delhi Police on Thursday registered an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hours after the BJP filed a complaint accusing him of physical assault and incitement during a scuffle in Parliament premisesA police officer said that the FIR has been registered under sections 115 voluntary causing hurt 117 voluntary causing grievous hurt 125 act of endangering life or personal safety of others 131 use of criminal force 351 criminal intimidation and 35 common intention of the Bharatiya Nyaya SanhitaThe officer said police are likely to call Gandhi for questioning in connection with the casePolice will request the Lok Sabha Secretariat to provide the CCTV footage of the area where the alleged incident happenedAnother officer said all sections imposed against Gandhi are bailable except section 117 punishment for which depends on the severity of the injury caused ranging from seven years to life imprisonmentA faceoff at the Parliament entry steps between the opposition and NDA MPs in Parliament premises over the alleged insult to B R Ambedkar left former minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput injuredAfter the incident the BJP filed the police complaint against Gandhi accusing him of physical assault and incitement and sought his indictment under sections of attempt to murder and other chargesEarlier in the day BJP MP Hemang Joshi accompanied by party colleagues Anurag Thakur and Bansuri Swaraj visited the Parliament Street Police Station and filed the complaintThe Congress strongly rejected the claim alleging that BJP MPs pushed its chief Mallikarjun Kharge and physically manhandled Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul GandhiCongress also lodged a complaint in connection the matterIn his twopage complaint BJP MP from Vadodara Hemang Joshi said At around 10 I along with Mukesh Rajput ji Pratap Rao Sarangi ji and other large numbers of my fellow Members of Parliament belonging to the National Democratic Alliance NDA were peacefully demonstrating at the Makar Dwar entrance of Parliament He said they were protesting against the blatant misinformation being propagated by opposition parties particularly led by the Indian National Congress During this peaceful demonstration Rahul Gandhi arrived at the scene around 1040 am to 1045 am Despite request from Parliament security to take the designated entry path Rahul Gandhi with a malicious intent to disrupt the protest and physically harm NDA Members of Parliament ignored the instructions and forcefully barged toward the peaceful demonstrators Joshi said in the complaintNot only did Rahul Gandhi and others violated the instructions of the security he also instigated other INDI Alliance Members to proceed with force and aggression toward the NDA MPs putting them in jeopardy he alleged They intentionally used physical force to push Mukesh Rajput and Pratap Rao Sarangi and others who were standing on the narrow stairs at the entrance Joshi saidHe said that as consequence Mukesh Rajput sustained a severe injury to the back of his head and Sarangi to his foreheadMy colleague Dr Byreddy Sabari MP who is also a qualified doctor immediately provided first aid to the injured individuals I personally witnessed the incident as I was standing next to my injured colleagues and attempted to reason with Rahul Gandhi and his accomplices Joshi added in the complaintThakur also accused Gandhi of behaving with a female BJP MP from NagalandThe Congress accused the BJP MPs of pushing its chief Mallikarjun Kharge and physically manhandled GandhiA delegation of Congress MPs including Digvijaya Singh Mukul Wasnik Rajiv Shukla and Pramod Tiwari filed the complaint visiting the station in person an officer saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever