Delhi CM Rekha Gupta's attacker planned stabbing, visited Supreme Court
PTC News Desk: The man who attacked Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta during a public hearing last week, had travelled to Delhi from Gujarat with a knife with an intent to carry out the attack.
The investigation suggests that the accused Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimji, initially considered targeting the Supreme Court.
Khimji later visited the Chief Minister’s residence in Shalimar Bagh, where a ‘Jan Sunwai’ (public hearing) was scheduled for the next day. Investigators said he discarded the knife near Civil Lines after noticing heightened security but still managed to enter the premises unarmed and get close enough to attempt an assault on the Chief Minister.
Khimji told police he attended the Jan Sunwai to raise concerns about stray dogs. According to Rajkot Police, he had traveled from Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, to Delhi on August 19 to join a protest against the Supreme Court’s ruling on stray dogs. Authorities revealed that preventive measures had been taken against him in 2017, 2020, and twice in 2022 under the Gujarat Prohibition Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). In 2021, he was externed under Section 56 of the Bombay Police Act.
His criminal history includes a 2017 case where he allegedly attacked a man with a sword and a laundry bat. In another incident in 2022, he reportedly injured himself with a blade after a domestic dispute, requiring nine stitches—a move police say was intended to threaten his family.
Khimji is also suspected of involvement in illicit liquor smuggling, further adding to his criminal record.
- PTC NEWS
