Srinagar, Sep 29: An FIR was registered against an unknown person after the tricolour was allegedly displayed upside down during a rally led by senior BJP leader Rajiv Jasrotia in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. The case was registered under Section 2 (insulting the national flag or the Constitution) of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.

Vinod Nijhawan, a local resident, filed a complaint on Friday, alleging that Jasrotia, who is a former minister, and BJP candidate Rahul Dev Sharma disrespected the national flag during the rally. He also submitted a video clip purportedly showing a person, just behind the BJP legislator, holding the tricolour upside down.

Jasrotia, who is the BJP MLA from Kathua constituency, had accompanied Sharma in a procession from his Shiv Nagar residence to file nomination papers for ward number 19 Thursday for the Urban Local Body polls. In his complaint, Nijhawan said the act was “very heinous” and hurt the “sentiments of the patriotic citizens of India”.

Further investigation was underway after registration of the FIR in Kathua Police Station.

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