Congress’s Lok Sabha candidate Kanhaiya Kumar was allegedly assaulted by a group of people while campaigning in his North East Delhi constituency on Friday. The gang also threw black ink at Kumar.
According to reports, the incident happened outside the AAP office in the New Usmanpur area when Kumar was coming out after a party meeting with local AAP councillor Chhaya Sharma.
Kumar alleged that he was attacked as per the orders of his rival contender from the constituency and sitting MP Manoj Tiwari. Kumar said Tiwari is frustrated with his rising popularity and that is why he sent "goons" to attack him.
Videos of the incident has gone viral on the social platforms. In one of the videos, the alleged attackers were seen saying they asaulted the Congress leader because he had spoken against the country and the Army.
In a complaint, Chhaya Sharma said three to four women were also injured.
"Some persons came and put garland around Sh. Kanhaiya Kumar. After garlanding him, some persons threw ink on Sh. Kanhaiya Kumar and tried to assault him. When Smt. Chhaya Sharma tried to intervene, they misbehaved and threatened her,” Sharma said.