Prashant Kishor booked for cheating over content of 'Baat Bihar Ki'

Patna: An FIR was on Thursday lodged against political strategist Prashant Kishor in Patna after allegations of plagiarism in his ‘Baat Bihar Ki’ campaign, which was launched recently. The FIR has been registered by Shashwat Gautam, who in his complaint alleged he was working on a similar project, which was to be launched in future.

The FIR was registered under Sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Patliputra Police Station.

Gautam has also registered the FIR against a person called Osama, who worked with him on ‘Bihar ki Baat’ campaign before he resigned from the job.