Alijo Joseph is a Congress party leader, and he is the national in-charge of the legal department of Indian Youth Congress, the youth wing of the party.
In conversation with OpIndia, the villagers have also asserted that there are no "gaurakshaks" in their village. The police also rejected charges of them heaping atrocities on the villagers.
The High Court has dismissed as withdrawn the petition filed by abusive journalist Swati Chaturvedi to quash the defamation proceedings initiated against her by BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga.