Purchase-trading audio of MLAs viral case, CM Ashok Gehlot summoned

Rajasthan | Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot was summoned today in connection with the audio viral of the horse-trading case of MLAs in Rajasthan. ADJ Court No.-3 Metropolitan I has issued a notice in the matter and sought a reply by March 16.

In the matter, along with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, the then Chief Whip Mahesh Joshi, then Chief Secretary Rajiv Swarup, then Home Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh, then DGP Bhupendra Singh, ADG SOG Ashok Rathod, CM's OSD Lokesh Sharma and SOG SHO Ravinder Kumar were issued notices. Has been.

this was the case

In the complaint presented in the lower court, it was said that on July 17, 2020, the news of making an audio clip viral on behalf of OSD Lokesh Sharma to the CM was published. Lokesh Sharma comes under the category of public servant. In such a situation, it is in violation of IPC, OS Act and Telegram Act. Apart from this, taking this audio as evidence, Mahesh Joshi had registered a case in SOG under sections 120B and 124A of IPC. It was said in the complaint that political instability had arisen after this audio clip. CM Ashok Gehlot had also made allegations of horse-trading of MLAs. It was said in the complaint that there is a ban on making public FIRs related to sedition and sensitive cases in the state. Despite this, Ashok Gehlot, in connivance with SOG chief Ashok Rathod, made the investigation public for his own purpose even before the chargesheet.

In the monitoring application it is said

In the monitoring application, it was said that the complainant had presented a complaint in the lower court regarding making the audio viral and the rhetoric on behalf of CM Ashok Gehlot. This was rejected by the court on November 1. The trial court dismissed the complaint out of prejudice. In such a situation, the order of the lower court should be set aside and the matter should be sent to the concerned police station for investigation.