Nagpur: A court here on Wednesday dismissed a civil suit filed against IPS officer Rashmi Shukla by Congress MLA Nana Patole over an FIR, noting imputations made in the report are not the publication of a defamatory statement. The court also held since the FIR had already been quashed by Bombay high court, there was no need to file the suit.Patole had claimed he was defamed and his image maligned by the contents of the FIR registered at Bund Garden police station in Pune on Feb 25, 2022. Shukla was then the police commissioner of Pune. She is currently DGP, Maharashtra. Patole had filed the suit, seeking relief for damages caused to his image. Shukla, in a plea seeking dismissal, contended imputations in the report are not against the plaintiff (Patole), but it was lodged against her, and it contains nothing but allegations with no proof. Advocate Devendra Chauhan for Shukla submitted the FIR had been quashed by HC. PTI
