RSS defamation case: Rahul fails to appear before court

Bhiwandi, Apr 23 : Congress President Rahul Gandhi did not appear before Bhiwandi Court in a defamation case filed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. On January 17, Bhiwandi Court had ordered Gandhi to be present in court on April 23, for framing of charges against him in a defamation case for saying "RSS people killed Gandhi". A local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh functionary, Rajesh Kunte, had filed the case against Gandhi for claiming at an election rally on March 6, 2014, that the right-wing organisation had killed Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi had in September 2016, withdrew his petition filed in the apex court, challenging the case and said he would face the trial.