The Odisha Congress has filed a case against the person who threatened Rahul Gandhi. (Image: X/ANI)
The Odisha Congress said that the individual has posted pictures of Rahul Gandhi, thereby making it clear that he is attempting to target the Congress leader
An FIR was lodged on Thursday by the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) against a person who allegedly threatened to kill Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The complaint was handed over to the cyber crime police station by OPCC vice president Sivanand Roy in the presence of OPCC president Sarat Patnaik, Campaign committee chairman Bhakta Charan Das, AICC General secretary and Odisha Incharge Dr Ajay Kumar.
The Odisha Congress stated in their complaint, “Respectfully, we draw your kind attention for an online post in social media that a man @ “Bharat Cinema’ has posted a text that “Congress will never come to my Odisha. If in future Pappu comes I will become Nathuram Godse.”
The party further said that the individual has also posted pictures of Rahul Gandhi, thereby making it clear that he is attempting to target the Congress leader.
“Apart from this, he has also posted Photographs of Rahul Gandhi Ji. From the photographs, it is crystal clear that the representative of Bharat Cinema is aiming to kill Rahul Ji by means of a pistol. It is a fact that Nathuram Godsee killed Mahatma Gandhi as it was the decision of the RSS. We request you kindly investigate whether the organization “Bharat Cinema belongs to the same organization of ideology or not,” the complaint further stated.
The Congress party in the state also requested to undertake appropriate investigation in this matter.
“In the above statement of analysis, we request you that adequate and scientific investigation may be made to find out the truth of threatening them murder of Mr Gandhi and take necessary and immediate action may be taken against the culprit in the interest of justice,” the letter said.
According to Congress leader Biswaranjan Mohanty, the Odisha Congress has filed a case against the person who threatened Rahul Gandhi.
“An FIR has been lodged against a Twitter handle in which a person has threatened to kill Rahul Gandhi and said that he will become Nathuram Godse to kill Rahul Gandhi when he (Rahul Gandhi) comes to Odisha. Odisha is a state of peace. A lot of political parties came, and many chief ministers came and went. An inquiry should be done. Who is the one who wants to become Nathuram Godse? A complaint has been lodged,” he said.
(with ANI inputs)
