Pune, April 26 -- A Pune court has summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case relating to his remarks on freedom fighter VD Savarkar. The court has requested that Rahul Gandhi be present on May 9.

The case was filed by a relative of VD Savarkar against Rahul Gandhi after he made a statement about the freedom fighter in London some time back.

Gandhi had said, "They (Savarkar and his friends) beat up a Muslim and felt happy. If five people beat up one person and someone is getting happy, then this is cowardice. Fifteen people with Savarkarji are beating one person. This is also in their ideology."

In another case against Rahul Gandhi over the same issue, the Supreme Court on Friday warned the Congress MP not to make contr...