Shimoga: Case filed against Sonia Gandhi over tweets on PM-CARES Fund

Team Udayavani, May 21, 2020, 1:37 PM IST

Shimoga: A complaint has been filed against Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi in Sagar taluk of the district over tweets on May 11 by the party’s official handle about PM-CARES fund.

The complaint filed by advocate Praveen KV alleging that the Congress party, through the tweets, has made rumourous statements against the Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was trying to provoke the people against the government.

The FIR registered under Sections 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), identifies Gandhi as the handler of the social media account.