VADODARA: A man from Shinor taluka of Vadodara was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly hurling a slipper at deputy chief minister (CM) Nitin Patel while he was addressing media persons at Kurali village in Karjan taluka of Vadodara district on Monday.
The man identified as Rashmin Patel was arrested by the local crime branch of Vadodara rural police on Tuesday evening.
Vadodara rural superintendent of police Dr Sudir Desai said, “He (Rashmin) is a Congress party's worker.” Police said he was booked under Sections 153 (provoking riots), 336 (endangering life and personal safety of others) and 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code, besides relevant sections of the Representation of the People Act and Gujarat Police Act.
The offence was registered at the Karjan police station, based on a complaint given by Yogesh Patel, a BJP worker living in Karjan.
Yogesh stated in his complaint that while the deputy CM was addressing media after finishing his speech at a public gathering, an unidentified person hurled a slipper at him which apparently fell on the microphones of the television news channels.
He alleged that the slipper was lobbed intentionally to provoke people, to create an atmosphere of fear and harm the deputy CM.
Patel was in the village to address a public meeting for the byelections to Karjan assembly seat.