Man, on way to visit Kejriwal, had live bullet, arrested
What's the story
The Delhi police arrested a man who had a live bullet when he went to visit Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. The bullet was seized from him when officials were going about with the mandatory checking process. The man, identified as Imran, was among the Muslim clerics who visited the CM with a request to raise the salary of Waqf board.
Investigation
Imran claims he found bullet in mosque's donation
Upon investigation, Imran told police he found the bullets in the donation of a mosque. He added he kept them in his wallet, and later forgot about it. Further investigation is underway. This incident comes days after an attack on Kejriwal. On November 20, he was attacked outside his Secretariat which he was leaving for lunch. The man threw chili powder on him.
Twitter Post
Man arrested under Arms Act
Delhi police: The man, identified as Imran, told police that he found the bullets in the donation of a mosque, kept it in his wallet and later forgot about it. The police are investigating the matter. https://t.co/wx45611D3f
— ANI (@ANI) November 27, 2018
The attack
Attacker was waiting, threw powder on seeing Kejriwal
The attacker, identified as one Anil Kumar Sharma, was waiting at the visitor's area with chili powder hidden in a cigarette packet. On seeing Kejriwal leave, he threw the powder at the Chief Minister before he was restrained. Once when he was campaigning, ink was thrown at Kejriwal and he had been slapped. Sharma's social media profiles hinted he was a BJP supporter.
Kejriwal's words
Can't protect Delhi CM, PM Modi should resign: Kejriwal
Speaking at the party headquarters and attacking PM Narendra Modi, Kejriwal on Monday said the former should resign if he can't protect the Delhi CM. "Narendra Modi should resign if he cannot protect Delhi's chief minister," he said. "The AAP government in Delhi did much more than he (Narendra Modi) did in Gujarat in 12 years," he added taking a dig at Gujarat model.