EC seeks report on FIR filed against BJP leaders on CD case

New Delhi, Apr 13 (UNI) The Election Commission has asked the Uttar Pradesh Government to immediately furnish the status report on the First Information Reports (FIRs) filed against some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and others in connection with the release of the controversial CD.

In a communication to the State Chief Electoral Officer, the EC sought the status of the FIRs filed against those involved in the CD containing "inflammatory campaign material" against Muslims, EC sources said today.

The EC directed the State poll officials that in case the CDs were still in circulation, they should be seized forthwith, they said.

The move comes in the wake of Congress demand that the EC pass an administrative order to stop distribution of the controversial CD.

Besides BJP President Rajnath Singh and senior party leader Lalji Tandon, the Commission directed that FIRs should be filed against all those responsible for producing the CD, including those who acted in it and wrote its script and those involved in its release, distribution and display.

UNI