RSS activist filed defamation case on Rahul Gandhi, Yerchury

Mumbai, Sept 19: An RSS activist has filed a defamation case against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury for allegedly linking the organization to the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.

Lawyer Dhrituman Joshi, who filed the complaint in a magistrate court has said that "I have filed a case of criminal defamation and the hearing is likely to take place on October 22".

The RSS Activist turned Lawyer alleged in his complaint that "Statements made by the accused and the respective political parties are in utmost sense defamatory and belittle the RSS in the eyes of the common public.

There was a definite move by the accused to tarnish the image of the RSS, without citing any proof". His complaint claimed that "the comments, which are defamatory and detrimental to the image of the RSS have been made without any proof or official statement by investigating the authorities."

Journalist Gauri Lankesh was killed on September 6th by unidentified assailants at her residence in Karnataka.