Kochi: The Kerala High Court has stayed the trial proceedings against staff members of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad office, in a Vandalisation case filed against them for allegedly causing damage to Mahatma Gandhi’s photograph kept inside the office.
The alleged incident was reported when the Students' Federation of India (SFI)’s protest march against the Congress leader turned violent.
Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan issued an interim order staying the proceedings at a local court against the four staffe members of Rahul Gandhi in the case which was registered last year.
In June last year, the student wing of the CPI(M) had allegedly vandalised the office during their protest and later a case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by a lawyer claiming that the photograph of Mahatma Gandhi was damaged by unnamed persons.
The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala had alleged that it was Rahul Gandhi’s personal staff who had damaged Mahatma Gandhi’s photo to put blame on SFI activists.
The court, in an order dated July 13, also issued a notice to the complainant in the case registered in 2022.
However, the petitioners claimed that they were added as accused, and Advocate T Asif Ali, who appeared for the petitioners, said none of the witnesses have attributed any role to the four staff members in damaging Mahatma Gandhi’s photo at the office.
With inputs rom PTI