Varun Gandhi acquitted in a hate speech case

Bareilly (UP), Feb 27 (PTI) BJP MP Varun Gandhi was today acquitted by a local court in neighbouring Pilibhit district in connection with a hate speech case lodged against him during Lok Sabha elections in 2009. Varun has been aqcuitted by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdul Qayyum in a case of an alleged hate speech during an election rally at Dalchandra locality lodged against him at Kotwali police station in March 2009, prosecution sources said.