India, Dec. 31 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has booked two Nagpur residents for allegedly using photographs of PM Narendra Modi and national icons Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore on their social organisation's letterheads. The CBI said that the pictures had been used without the mandatory permission of the central government as required under the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950.

The investigative agency registered the case against the two accused, Idul Asi and Shrikant Shriwas, on December 18, based on a January 9, 2025 complaint by A K Sharma, assistant director in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Based on the findings of the Preliminary Enquiry (PE) it conducted, the case was registered...