Guj CM poster case: Contempt notice to police
Jodhpur,
Sep
15:
A
lower
court
here
has
issued
a
contempt
notice
against
the
Udai
Mandir
police
station
incharge
for
ignoring
its
order
for
registering
cases
against
people
behind
the
publication
of
a
poster
depicting
Chief
Minister
Vasundhara
Raje
as
goddess
Annapurna.
Judicial magistrate court II of Bulakidas Vyas issued the order yesterday.
The contempt notice was issued after Sheetal Kanwar, wife of former union minister and senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh, moved a petition against the police station incharge for not complying with the court order of June 20 for registering cases against the people responsible for the publication of the poster and filing an enquiry report.
She said though the police had filed the enquiry report no case was registered till now.
The police in reply the issue in court defended its action by saying that the court had not issued any separate order for the registeration of cases. The court hearing both sides them issued a contempt notice againt the police station incharge.
Sheetal
Kanwar
had
on
June
19
filed
a
complaint
in
a
Jodhpur
court
against
Surya
Kant
Vyas,
a
BJP
MLA,
Hemant
Bhora
and
others
alleging
that
the
poster
dEpicting
Vasundhara
Raje
as
Goddess.
UNI