Rahul Replies In Defamation Case Over Hathras Remarks

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has filed his reply in a revision petition challenging the dismissal of a defamation complaint against him over his remarks during a visit to Hathras' Boolgarhi village, a lawyer said on Friday. The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for December 7.

The court had earlier issued a notice to Gandhi after admitting the revision petition against an order passed on May 13 by the MP/MLA court of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division) Deepak Nath Saraswati, which had dismissed the complaint. The matter is now being heard by the court of Additional District Judge Vijay Kumar Dwivedi



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The case relates to the 2020 Boolgarhi incident, in which three men -- Ravi, Ram Kumar, alias Ramu, and Luvkush -- were arrested on rape charges but later acquitted. Advocate Munna Singh Pundir, representing the three men, said three separate complaints were filed against Gandhi on their behalf.

Pundir alleged that although Sandeep was initially named as an accused in the case, three other youths were also framed at the instance of the victim's family. he CBI investigated the case for around two-and-a-half years, during which the three men remained in jail, he said.