A Sikh youth allegedly tried to attack and hurled abuses at senior Congress leader and 1984-riots accused Jagdish Tytler at a marriage function in South Delhi’s Chhattarpur area on Saturday night.
A Sikh youth allegedly tried to attack and hurled abuses at senior Congress leader and 1984-riots accused Jagdish Tytler at a marriage function in South Delhi’s Chhattarpur area on Saturday night. Mr Tytler, however, escaped unhurt and the accused was arrested.
Twenty-three-year-old Sehaj Umang Bhatia allegedly threw a piece of glass at Mr Tytler and abused him during the function at a farmhouse in Mehrauli on Saturday night.
“Mr Tytler was here to attend a wedding last night when Sehaj Umang Singh Bhatia threw a piece of glass at him and hurled abuses. Mr Tytler was, however, not hit and was escorted to his vehicle safely,” a senior police official said. “The accused, who was overpowered, was later handed over to us and was arrested. He is being questioned,” he added.
The police said that the incident took place post-midnight when Mr Tytler was leaving the marriage venue with his associates and security personnel, provided to him by the Delhi police. He is an accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Delhi police said that a medical examination was conducted on the accused and it was confirmed that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of incident. Mr Bhatia works as for a South Delhi-based production company as an assistant director.
His father is a retired bureaucrat and mother is a doctor.“Bhatia was arrested under Sections 107 (apprehension of breach of peace and tranquility of an area) and 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offences) of CrPC by the Mehrauli police. Though we do not suspect any pre-hatched conspiracy behind the incident, the relevant authorities have been informed about it,” said the police officer.
The attack comes a day after a Delhi court refused to accept the closure report and directed the CBI to conduct further investigations into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Mr Tytler. Attempts to contact Mr Tytler for his comments over the attack did not fructify.
