The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has given a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a case related to violation of the model code of conduct during the last Lok Sabha elections.
The investigating agency filed a closure report at the metropolitan court on Friday, which said that no case was made out against Mr. Modi.
“There are only two possibilities in a probe. Either there is a charge sheet or a closure report. We have filed a closure report,” A.K. Sharma, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, told The Hindu .
On April 30, upon the directive of the Election Commission, the police had registered an FIR against Mr. Modi for violation of provisions under section 126 (1) (a) and 126 (1) (b) of the Representation of the People Act and under section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code.
Mr. Modi, the then prime ministerial candidate of the BJP, had held a press conference at a garden outside a polling booth in Ranip and also took a selfie on his phone holding up a lotus symbol.
