Ahmedabad: A day after BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was booked for making a speech at a polling booth while displaying BJP’s election symbol in violation of electoral laws, a preliminary probe by Gujarat police has found he addressed the gathering outside the restricted 100-metre radius.
“Just like any other case, we will investigate this case to find out the facts such as whether Mr Modi was inside the 100-metre radius of the polling booth. Our preliminary probe (has) revealed that the press conference was outside that limit,” said a senior officer of Detection of Crime Branch of Ahmedabad police.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley questioned the EC’s order for registration of an FIR against Mr Modi and said it acted in “haste and anger”.
