A 57-year old man on Sunday hurled a shoe at Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in a rally held at Dabwali in Haryana. However, the accused missed the target and was immediately taken into custody by the security officials.
Saurabh Singh, SP Sirsa told The Pioneer that the incident took place at 4.20 pm on Sunday during ‘Rail Pul Rally’ at Dabwali, where Haryana Chief Minister was addressing a gathering. “The man who was sitting behind the press gallery and hurled a shoe at Chief Minister’s stage, has been identified as Raja Ram Kasania from Nathu Siri Kalan village,” said Singh.
We have arrested the accused on the charges of breaching security and creating nuisance at public place. We are trying to know his motive behind this act, added Singh. The SP added, during preliminary investigation, we came to know that it may be done to get publicity. The accused remained deputy Sarpanch of the village from 1995 to 2000 and in 2009, he had contested as an independent candidate in Assembly elections from Ellnabad constituency.
Police is also investigating whether the accused belongs to any political party or not, as principal opposition Indian National lok Dal (INlD) has a stronghold in this belt. The incident comes to light days after Hooda was slapped by a man named Kamal Mukhija during a roadshow in Panipat. He was at a Congress roadshow in Panipat when he was assaulted. At that time, Hooda was standing at the front seat of an open Gypsy SUV when an unknown person slapped him. Haryana Chief Minister enjoys Z category security with scores of heavily armed security personnel around him all the time.