Odisha Congress MLA Mohammad Moquim Files Criminal Defamation Case Against BJP’s Sambit Patra | OTV News

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Cuttack: Odisha Congress MLA Mohammad Moquim on Friday filed a grievance for felony defamation in a neighborhood courtroom in opposition to BJP nationwide spokesman Sambit Patra and sought his prosecution.
Moquim, the legislator of Barabati-Cuttack, had served a authorized discover to Patra in December final yr threatening to prosecute him if he didn’t tender a public apology for allegedly tarnishing the general public picture of all Congress MLAs of the state, together with him.
“As the public apology from Sambit Patra did not come, I was left with no other option but to take legal steps to desist him from further defaming my reputation,” Moquim mentioned.
He filed the grievance within the courtroom of sub-divisional judicial Justice of the Peace in Cuttack by way of his advocate.
While speaking to a bit of the media on December 1, Patra reportedly made an accusation in opposition to all of the 9 Congress MLAs of Odisha in reference to the sensational kidnap and homicide of a minor lady of Nayagarh district.
(PTI)

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