India, Oct. 4 -- A Delhi court on Saturday sought a status report from Delhi Police on a complaint seeking registration of an FIR against chief minister Rekha Gupta over remarks she allegedly made "comparing Delhi government officials to Hanuman."

Additional chief judicial magistrate Ashwani Panwar of Rouse Avenue Courts directed the station house officer of Kashmere Gate police station to file the report. The matter will next be heard on October 15.

The order was passed on a complaint filed by one Ram Niwas Sharma, under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), pertaining to examination of a complainant after a magistrate's cognisance, read with an application under Section 175(3) of the BNSS pertaining to a magist...