Accused planned assault, conducted recce, says Sirsa

Singh Sirsa on Wednesday claimed the man who attacked Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had premeditated the assault. According to Sirsa, the accused conducted surveillance of Gupta’s Shalimar Bagh residence for 24 hours before the attack.

“The Chief Minister is stable. The attacker was doing a recce for the past 24 hours. He had been to Rekha Gupta’s Shalimar Bagh residence too,” Sirsa told reporters. He also alleged that the attacker had recorded videos at the residence, indicating a premeditated plan to carry out the attack.

“He had no ‘Jan Sunwai’ papers in his hand. Videos from yesterday were found on his phone. His intent to attack is clear,” the minister said. An eyewitness to the attack said: “I was there for the ‘Jan Sunwai’. Suddenly, there was an attack on the CM. The attacker seemed to have been prepared. This is a very shameful act.”

BJP Delhi chief Virendra Sachdeva said the CM was fine and had sustained a minor injury on her forehead. A team of doctors had attended her. Sachdeva said a probe would reveal the motive behind the attack. As the CM was popular among the citizens, this attack could be an effort to destabilise the ‘Jan Sunwai’.