New Delhi: A Sikh youth was put under preventive detention for allegedly trying to attack senior Congress leader and 1984-riots accused Jagdish Tytler and hurling abuses at him at a marriage function in South Delhi's Chattarpur area.
According to police, 23-year-old Sehaj Umang Bhatia allegedly threw a piece of glass at Tytler, who escaped unhurt, and abused him during the function at a farmhouse in Mehrauli last night.
"Tytler was there to attend a wedding last night at 11.15 PM when Bhatia threw a piece of glass at him and abused him. Tytler was, however, not hit and was escorted to his vehicle safely," a senior police official said.
"The accused has been arrested and is being questioned," he added.
Meanwhile, police said that it was learnt during the questioning that none of the family members of Bhatia were victim of the riots.
The attack comes a day after a Delhi court directed CBI to conduct further investigation into a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Tytler after refusing to accept a closure report in the same.
Attempts to contact Tytler for his comments over the attack bore no result.
