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VHP America files lawsuit against disrupters of Chicago World Hindu Congress

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Press Trust of India Washington
Last Updated : Oct 16 2019 | 8:10 AM IST

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America has filed a lawsuit against five individuals who allegedly disrupted the second World Hindu Congress (WHC) in Chicago in 2018.

The lawsuit, which was filed at the Circuit Court for the 18th Judicial District in Illinois against five named and 10 unidentified defendants, accuses them of conspiring to trespass into the convention, and counterfeiting press passes and other documents in order to gain unauthorised access.

A group of protesters had briefly disrupted the proceedings of WHC by allegedly raising slogans demanding religious leaders at the meet to oppose

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First Published: Oct 16 2019 | 8:10 AM IST

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