Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 9: Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar has issued summons to Secretary Tourism Shalinder Kumar for recording statement in a defamation case filed against her by Jammu and Kashmir Rural Development Minister Ali Mohammad Sagar in 2004.
Besides, Kumar, then deputy commissioner and district election officer Srinagar, the court also issued summons to the editors of various newspapers who happen to be the witnesses of Sagar in the case.
Sagar, who was chief polling agent of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah during the 2004 Lok Sabha polls, had filed a defamation suit against the PDP president, who had accused him of rigging elections by indulging in booth capturing.
Mehbooba had approached the High Court, seeking dismissal of the suit in the trial court. However, the High court dismissed the PDP leader's petition and directed the trial court to go ahead with the proceedings. |
