India, Oct. 18 -- The trial in the defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar formally began on Friday, with (late) V D Savarkar's grandnephew and complainant Satyaki Savarkar deposing before a special court.

Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, representing Satyaki, said that part of Satyaki's chief examination was recorded during Friday's proceedings. In his statement, Satyaki detailed his family background and explained how he came across an online video of Rahul Gandhi's speech delivered in London in March 2023. In that speech, Rahul Gandhi claimed that V D Savarkar wrote about beating up a Muslim man with friends and feeling pleased about it in his book. Satyaki informed ...