Police on Tuesday detained two men in Rajasthan’s Bikaner after they threw ink at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for “seeking proof” of surgical strikes carried out by India in the PoK.
Reacting to the incident, Kejriwal said, “God bless those who threw ink at me, I wish them well.”
"This incident happened late in the evening at a residential complex when Kejriwal was coming out after meeting his acquaintance. We have detained two persons in this regard," a police official told IANS.
Kejriwal was in Bikaner, 350 km from here, to attend a condolence meeting at the home of a local leader of his Aam Aadmi Party.
Questioning of both the persons is going on, said the police officer, noting that the political affiliations of these men who are students are not known as of now.
Sources said that Kejriwal was attacked apparently by students affiliated with RSS's student wing Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for his remarks on Indian Army's surgical strike.
He was earlier shown black flags by the angry protests from activists of a right-wing group for his comments.
"Kejriwal was on his way to Bikaner from Jodhpur when the activists showed him black flags in Nokha town," said Sub-Inspector of Nokha police station Jasveer Singh.
"One of the activists Bajrang Paliwal has been arrested under section 151 of CrPC (Arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences)," he added.
In a rare gesture, Kejriwal had yesterday "saluted" Modi for the surgical strikes by the Army on terror launch pads across the LoC. At the same time, he had urged the Centre to counter the smear campaign by Pakistan and international media, but BJP alleged that Kejriwal had in the garb of his statement questioned the Army's assertion on surgical strike and insulted the armed forces.
Claiming that Kejriwal "sought proof" on the anti-terror operation, the BJP had earlier today asked him not to belittle the armed forces by getting influenced by Pakistani "propaganda".
Earlier in the day, a shoe was hurled at Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain’s car in Delhi in protest against Kejriwal’s comments.
