Delhi court orders FIR against Raj Thackeray

September 27, 2012 17:11

Just in: A Delhi court has ordered the filing of an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on a complaint against his remarks terming Bihar natives as infiltrators in Maharashtra.

"His remarks that Bihar natives in Maharashtra shall be kicked out were defaming and his provocative statement is against national integration as the Constitution has given the right to any person to live anywhere in the country," Advocate Prem Shankar Sharma had said in his complaint.

The Delhi Police had last week told the court that it was facing several legal hurdles in lodging an FIR against Raj for allegedly branding Bihar migrants in Mumbai as infiltrators.

The police also told the court the complainant had claimed to have read Raj's alleged remarks in several English and Hindi dailies but "neither the office nor the printing press of the newspapers, in which the news was published due to which the complainant has been hurt, is situated in the area of the police station".

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