A Delhi court today asked the Delhi Police to show what action have they taken on a complaint made by the party's national secretary on behalf of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) against "antisocial elements" running a Facebook Page called named "Paltu Aadmi Party".
Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Mittal directed the SHO Seemapuri to submit an Action Taken Report (ATR) on the complaint made by Pankaj Gupta, national secretary AAP against the defamation caused by the Facebook Page.
Manchanda has urged the court to direct the police to register FIR, identify the persons behind the FB Page, investigate the source of their financial support in running the defamatory campaign against AAP and try them for offences of defamation under sections 505(2), 500, 116 r/w 146, 153A, 323, 341, 353, 500, 505(2), 120 B etc of Indian Penal Code.
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