Five hours after a scheduled release of a book, titled, ‘Rafale — A Scam That Rocked The Nation’, being cancelled in Chennai, the event took place and the authorities denied any involvement in the matter.
Earlier in the day, officers from the flying squad of the Election Commission (EC) said the book launch was in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.
A letter given by the returning officer to the publisher asked the latter not to go ahead with the event that was scheduled to be held at a city school.
When the school authorities denied permission for the function citing objection from the Election Commission, the publisher decided to hold the event at his office. However, he said officers on election duty had seized all the books (about 150 of them) from his book store. Five hours later, the event took place at the same book store.
