Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked during a public hearing at her residence this morning. She has suffered injuries to her hand and head.
A man, said to be in his 40s, approached the Chief Minister during a ‘Jansunwai’ and attacked her. The Chief Minister’s security personnel immediately caught the attacker and he is now being questioned.
Senior BJP leaders and top officers of Delhi Police have rushed to her residence to secure the premises. According to preliminary information, the attacker has been identified as Rajesh Sakriya, originally from Rajkot in Gujarat.
His mother, Bhanu, has said Rajesh is a dog lover and was upset over the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to round up stray dogs in Delhi NCR and shift them to shelters, sources said.
