Arunachal Pradesh court summons Rahul Gandhi over 'Modi' taunt

ITANAGAR: A local court in Arunachal Pradesh has issued summons to Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his derogatory remarks on the surname 'Modi'.
The court of the chief judicial magistrate in East Siang district had on May 8 issued the summons to Gandhi in response to a criminal defamation suit filed by advocate Omit Modi of Pasighat.
"Why do all the thieves have the Modi surname?" Gandhi had wondered uring an election rally in Kolar, Karnataka, recently.
The counsel for the complainant submitted that 'freedom of expression is not a wild horse and is qualified with dignity and reputation of others.' He said statement has not been made in good faith but to malign the reputation of persons having Modi as surname. TNN