A case in connectin with violation of model code of conduct has been registerd against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas and his 40 supporters at Shukul Bazar police station in Amethi, on Saturday.
According to reports, Vishwas and his supporters violated prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Cr PC (unlawful assembly) and Model Code of Conduct when without seeking due permission from the local administration they took out procession consisting of half a dozen vehicles when they were on way to offer "chadar" at the shrine of Baba latif Shah in Jagdishpur.
Reports said that an FIR was lodged under Sections 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 171J (charges related to every member of unlawful assembly) of IPC against Vishwas and his supporters. However, media in-charge of Vishwas, Pankaj, claimed that permission for the same had been taken from theadministration, yet the police stopped them from going to the shrine. Misra, however, said that Vishwas was allowed to proceed in one vehicle to pay his obeisance at the shrine. later, Vishwas alleged that the FIR had been lodged by the State government at the instigation of Centre and local MP and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. This is the fifth FIR lodged against Vishwas and his supporters in Amethi and Sultanpur ever since he started his election campaign.