Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on July 6 summoned Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot, in a defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Mr. Gehlot has been asked to appear before the court on August 7.
Mr. Shekhawat had filed the complaint on March 5 alleging that Mr. Gehlot had made remarks linking him with the Sanjivani credit cooperative society scam.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harpreet Singh, while hearing the defamation complaint filed by Mr. Shekhawat on Thursday, said “considering the facts and circumstances, testimonies of the complainant witnesses and the evidence placed on record, it prima facie appears that the accused has made specific defamatory statements against the complainant”.
