BJP minority cell, Milli Council file case over Rushdie

January 24, 2012 14:08

The Bharatiya Janata Party's minority cell is among the five complainants who have filed a case in a Jaipur lower court in Jaipur demanding action against the four authors who read out excerpts from Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses at the Jaipur LitFest -- Hari Kunzru, Amitava Kumar, Jeet Thayil and Ruchir Joshi -- and the and festival organisers Sanjoy Roy, Namita Gokhale, William Dalrymple.

In all, the police said five complaints have been filed by different persons and organisations in the matter. Apart from the BJP's minority cell, the All India Milli Council has also moved the court against the book-reading.

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