Thane (Maharashtra): A Thane court on Tuesday summoned Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury to appear before it on April 30 in a civil defamation suit filed by RSS activist Vivek Champanerkar against them for alleging an RSS hand in the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
Vivek Champanerkar has sought Rs 1 each from Gandhi and Yechury as token compensation, claiming that the duo "defamed" RSS by linking it to Lankesh's murder.
Lankesh was murdered outside her residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017.