India, March 13 -- The complainant in the defamation case against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi admitted during cross-examination on Thursday that no forensic report or documentary evidence had been submitted to authenticate the CD containing the alleged speech forming the basis of the complaint related to Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

The deposition came during the continued cross-examination of Satyaki Savarkar before the special MP/MLA court in Pune. The court later adjourned further cross-examination to March 17 as the questioning remained incomplete.

During the proceedings, Satyaki acknowledged that only a single CD containing the alleged speech was submitted as Exhibit 3 and that no forensic analysis h...