Allegation of watching a pirated DVD of recently released Hindi film ‘Raajneeti’ has landed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators of Rajasthan in a legal hassle as a Jaipur court Thursday ordered police to investigate the matter.
The acting chief judicial magistrate has asked the Muhana police station in Jaipur to lodge a first information report (FIR) and investigate into the allegations.
The order was passed based on a criminal complaint filed on Wednesday by Yogendra Singh against BJP's chief whip in the state assembly Rajendra Singh Rathore, the owner of Hotel Jaipur Greens and the general manager of the hotel, AK Jain, the lawyer for the complainant said.
The charges against the trio have been levied against various sections of the Copyright Act, Information Technology Act and Indian Penal Code, with a plea for a thorough probe into the incident to identify others involved in it.
As many as 66 of the 79 BJP legislators of Rajasthan had allegedly watched the movie at Hotel Jaipur Greens on Tuesday.
They were being kept in the hotel by the state unit of the party to prevent horse-trading and defections ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, which were held Thursday.
After the report of the MLAs watching the pirated DVD had emerged, film director Prakash Jha had warned of legal action against the erring legislators.
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