Team News Riveting
New Delhi, May 17
Kanhaiya Kumar, the Congress North East Delhi candidate, was slapped by a youth while campaigning on Friday (May 17).
The video of the incident went viral. He was thrashed by a few people who approached him under the pretext of garlanding him.
The miscreants also misbehaved with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) woman councillor Chhaya Gaurav Sharma. She filed a police complaint over the incident, which took place near AAP office in Kartar Nagar.
Sharma, in her complaint, alleged that her shawl was snatched away, and her husband was taken aside and threatened. Black ink was thrown at the crowd, and people, including 3-4 women, were injured, the complaint said.
According to police, the attack happened when Kumar came out of the AAP office in Kartar Nagar after a meeting with Councillor Chhaya Sharma.
“After the meeting, when Chhaya Sharma came down to see off Kanhaiya Kumar, some persons came and put garland around Kanhaiya Kumar. After garlanding him, some persons threw ink on Kanhaiya Kumar and tried to assault him. When Chhaya Sharma tried to intervene, they misbehaved and threatened her,” the complaint said.
Police said that legal actions are being taken on the complaint filed by Sharma.
Kanhaiya Kumar, the INDIA bloc candidate, is contesting against BJP’s Manoj Tiwari in North East Delhi.
