The incident took place on May 17 when Kanhaiya Kumar, INDIA bloc nominee from North East Delhi seat, was coming out from the AAP office in New Usmanpur after a party meeting with local Councillor Chhaya Sharma when a group of people attacked him.

According to the complaint by Sharma, “Some persons came and put garland around Kanhaiya Kumar. After garlanding him, some persons threw ink on Kanhaiya Kumar and tried to assault him.” Sharma had added that when she tried to intervene, the group misbehaved with her and threatened her.

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Kanhaiya addresses a press conference over his assault. Pic/PTI

Based on Sharma’s complaint, an FIR was lodged against the accused under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assaults or uses criminal force), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, the police said. Ajay was arrested from his house in New Usmanpur on Tuesday morning, a senior police officer said.

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