India, May 17 -- Police in Kerala's Wayanad have registered a case after posters targeting Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge surfaced outside the district Congress office and nearby areas, officials said on Sunday.

The case was registered at Kalpetta police station based on a complaint filed by local MLA T Siddique, news agency PTI reported. A case has been filed under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Kerala Police Act.

The FIR stated that the posters appeared on May 13, when the Congress leadership was yet to announce its choice for Kerala chief minister following the party-led alliance's assembly election victory, a development earlier reported by HT.

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