Shoe hurled at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal during odd-even announcement, attacker arrested

A man hurled a shoe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today when he was addressing a press conference on the second odd-even plan in the city.

The attacker has been identified as who claimed to be from Aam Aadmi Sena, a breakaway group of AAP, during a press conference but it did not hit the AAP chief.

The attacker, identified as Ved Prakash, belongs to the Aam Aadmi Sena. Ved Prakash, who alleged fake CNG stickers were being distributed in Delhi ahead of the Odd-Even vehicular scheme, has been detained by police and taken to IP Extension police station for questioning.

He talked about alleged irregularities in distribution of CNG stickers and claimed that no action has been taken though a complaint was filed by him with the Chief Minister. He said he had CDs of a sting operation done by him.

The incident occurred Delhi Secretariat when Kejriwal was addressing the media on roll out of the second phase of the Odd-Even scheme from April 15.