New Delhi, April 25 -- The Bengaluru City Police has registered an FIR against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s IT and Social Media cell in Karnataka for a post allegedly seeking to defame Rahul Gandhi in connection with the Pahalgam terror strike.

Based on the FIR filed at the High Grounds police station, the members of Karnataka BJP IT Cell have been charged under Sections 196 ( promotion of enmity between different groups on grounds like religion, race, place of birth, residence, language) and 353 (2)(public mischief through misinformation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, the new names for Indian Penal Code (IPC).

CM Dhananjaya, spokesperson and chairman of Karnataka Congress Pradesh Committee's legal and human resource...