Overview

• Delhi Police will now handle both close-proximity and perimeter protection for the chief minister with enhanced deployment after the Centre withdrew the planned CRPF detail.
• Two people are in custody: prime accused Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimji, 41, from Rajkot, and associate Tahseen Syed, who was arrested in Rajkot and brought to Delhi on conspiracy and aiding attempted-murder charges.
• Investigators say Syed transferred Rs 2,000 to Khimji and was in regular contact with him around the time of the assault.
• Police sources say Khimji traveled to Delhi with a knife, initially considered the Supreme Court as a target, then discarded the weapon near Civil Lines before entering the CM’s premises unarmed.
• An attempt-to-murder case has been registered, and teams are searching for the discarded knife while examining digital and financial trails for possible wider links.