An FIR was lodged against unknown persons for distributing a book containing objectionable text and images of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and daughter Priyanka in Badaun on Saturday.
The matter came to light, when Congress party district unit president Omkar Singh apprised about the circulation of this objectioanble book to the District Electoral Officer and the District Magistrate, official sources stated.
As per the complaint, some workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh were circulating this book to the people, which carries unpleasant language and pictures of Ms Gandhi, her son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Vadra and son-in-law Robert Vadra. Besides, it allegedly contained objectionable stuff against former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The police has registered a case against unknown persons
with the Civil lines police in this connection and started investigation into the matter. The publisher of the book was yet to be identified. Meanwhile, the e-mail Id mentioned on the book has been blocked.