Liquid thrown at Kejriwal: Delhi Police, agencies grill accused
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New Delhi: On the liquid attack on former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi Police and other security agencies are questioning the accused. The accused man threw some liquid on the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) national convenor during his ‘padayatra’ in South Delhi, PTI reported.
Police said a case has been registered against the accused, Ashok Kumar Jha, and in his instance a 500ml bottle filled with one-third of water has been seized.
"Different teams, along with other security agencies, are conducting the probe and a joint interrogation of accused Ashok Kumar Jha is going on," said the police official.
"Proceedings under sections 126 (obstructing someone's movement) and 169 (design to commit cognisable offences) of the BNSS have been initiated against Jha to prevent him from repeating such offence in future. Further inquiry is under progress," the official said.
Jha splashed some liquid on Kejriwal during his 'padayatra' on Saturday, with the AAP claiming that it was the spirit and the "attacker" wanted to set the party supremo afire.
While police said water was thrown at Kejriwal during the public event that was organised without their permission, the BJP strongly refuted Chief Minister Atishi's accusation that the accused was a worker of the saffron party. BJP leaders accused Kejriwal of orchestrating the attack to divert public attention from governance failures, describing it as a “sympathy stunt” ahead of elections.
The AAP lashed out at the BJP-led Central government for the incident and said this is the third "attack" on Kejriwal in the last 35 days.
According to police, the accused, a bus marshal at Delhi Transport Corporation's Khanpur Depot, was detained on Saturday.
