Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Friday dismissed a petition against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks concerning the Sikh community made during his visit to the US last year.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP/MLA court) Neeraj Kumar Tripathi quashed the complaint, observing that the petitioner had “merely expressed an apprehension” that Gandhi’s comments could be exploited by Khalistani elements to incite violence or spread misinformation about India abroad, according to a case lawyer.

“The petitioner did not provide any concrete evidence or reference to any incident substantiating this apprehension. Therefore, the complaint stands dismissed,” the court said in its order.

The case was filed in July last year by Nageshwar Mishra, a resident of Tilmapur in Varanasi, over

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