Sonia seeks dismissal of rights violation case in US

February 21, 2014 21:23

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asked a court in the US to dismiss the human rights violation case filed against her in connection to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by a Sikh rights group, saying the complaint failed to attribute actual acts to her.

In a 24-page motion filed in the court, her attorney Ravi Batra said the lawsuit by Sikhs for Justice contains no allegations of "torture" or "extra-judicial killing" directed toward any named plaintiff and nor are they any plausible facts linking Gandhi to the actions alleged in the complaint

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