<p class="title">The national flag was allegedly displayed upside down during a rally led by senior BJP leader Rajiv Jasrotia in Kathua district, following which an FIR was lodged for insulting the tricolour, police said Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The FIR was registered on Friday against unknown persons in Kathua Police Station under Section 2 (insulting the national flag or the Constitution) of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, a police official told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A local resident, Vinod Nijhawan, in a complaint alleged the national flag was disrespected during the rally led by Jasrotia, who is a former minister, and BJP candidate Rahul Dev Sharma Thursday, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The complainant presented a video clip purportedly showing a person, just behind the BJP legislator, holding the tricolour upside down during the procession which covered a distance of over two km, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his complaint, Nijhawan said the act was "very heinous" and hurt the "sentiments of the patriotic citizens of India".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said an investigation was underway in the matter. </p>
<p class="title">The national flag was allegedly displayed upside down during a rally led by senior BJP leader Rajiv Jasrotia in Kathua district, following which an FIR was lodged for insulting the tricolour, police said Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The FIR was registered on Friday against unknown persons in Kathua Police Station under Section 2 (insulting the national flag or the Constitution) of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, a police official told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A local resident, Vinod Nijhawan, in a complaint alleged the national flag was disrespected during the rally led by Jasrotia, who is a former minister, and BJP candidate Rahul Dev Sharma Thursday, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">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.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The complainant presented a video clip purportedly showing a person, just behind the BJP legislator, holding the tricolour upside down during the procession which covered a distance of over two km, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his complaint, Nijhawan said the act was "very heinous" and hurt the "sentiments of the patriotic citizens of India".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The official said an investigation was underway in the matter. </p>