Thane: The hearing in a defamation case filed by an RSS worker against a leader of Congress and MP Rahul Gandhi was adjourned on Saturday by a magistrate's court in the district's Bhiwandi.
Gandhi's lawyer Narayan Iyer informed the court that a writ petition his client filed in the Bombay High Court over the trial is still unresolved, thus Judicial Magistrate (First Class) L C Wadikar adjourned the hearing till October 21.
The criminal defamation case has been filed by local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) member Rajesh Kunte over the Congress leader’s alleged statement at an election rally near Bhiwandi on March 6, 2014, that “the RSS people killed (Mahatma) Gandhi.” Rahul Gandhi defamed the RSS by making this false claim, Kunte’s complaint said.
With PTI inputs