A complaint of defamation+ was on Saturday lodged in a court here against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his 'dalali' remark targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the surgical strikes.

Local lawyer Sadanand Singh moved the application under IPC Section 500 (Punishment for defamation) in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate which fixed the hearing for October 25.

The complainant alleged that+ the 'dalali' remark made by Gandhi against the Prime Minister has extremely hurt him as well as the countrymen.