‘Lives of 3 Lakh Dogs’: Rekha Gupta Attacker’s Shocking Claim Surfaces

The man accused of attacking Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta during the Jan Sunwai event at her residence in Civil Lines on Wednesday reportedly told the police that he did so, at his own risk since he objected to the recent Supreme Court order on stray dogs of the national capital region.

The 41-year-old Rajesh Sakriya Khimjibhai hails from Rajkot in Gujarat and was arrested on Wednesday in the alleged assault on the Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta. Police had stated that he is an autorickshaw driver in Rajkot, Gujarat and live with his wife and two sons.

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The life-span of 3lakhs of dogs!

According to sources cited by ANI news agency the accused told the Police he wanted to tell the chief minister that it is a matter of the question of the lives of three lakh dogs in Delhi, which is now under investigation.

Police officers will take trouble-maker Rajesh Sakriya Khimjibhai to all the places he went out every inch of Delhi. The Rajkot Police is also in contact with Delhi police.

The previous day on Wednesday, the Delhi minister Kapil Mishra told reporters that the said incident was committed in an organized way and in a well-planned conspiracy, that the accused is a professional criminal who had a series of major crimes behind him.

According to Delhi Police, Khimjibhai is a habitual criminal and has had a previous record of five cases including IPC Section 326 (causing grievous hurt by a dangerous weapon/poisonous substance), Section 504 (Intentional insult causing quarrel or breach of peace), Section 114 (being present at time of offence and assisting) and liquor ban law in Gujarat. He has escaped conviction in four of the five cases. The cases are recorded during the period 2017-2023 in Gujarat as reported earlier by HT.

The case against accused under Sections 109(1), 132 and 221 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) has been registered in regard to the Rekha Gupta incident, which falls under a case of attempt to murder.

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In an internal posting on X after the attack, CM Rekha Gupta explained the attack as a cowardly attempt not only against her person, but even against the commitment of her government to serve the people. She said although she was initially shaken and is now recovering and will soon resume her duties.

Delhi Police officer has stated that Sakriya is typically engaged in bootlegging, and attacking known and unknown people after becoming drunk. "We are checking his history and have asked Gujarat Police,” he said.

Police have reported that he has been giving them the wrong information regarding the motive of his attack as being being misleading.

A second Delhi Police officer, who interrogated him, said, “He first said his relative was in Tihar jail and he wanted justice for him, but that turned out to be bogus. His family knew he was in Delhi to support animal activists. His family also said he attacked the CM over the recent Supreme Court judgment on stray dogs. They claim he is an animal lover but he has not said anything about it.”

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