Overview

• Police arrested Rajeshbhai Khimji Bhai Sakariya after he attacked Chief Minister Rekha Gupta during a public hearing, causing injuries to her hand, shoulder and head.
• An FIR cites BNS sections 109(1) for attempt to murder, 132 for assault on a public servant and 221 for obstructing duty; the suspect’s phone was seized for forensic analysis and Special Cell and IB are jointly interrogating him.
• CCTV shows reconnaissance at the CM’s Shalimar Bagh residence a day earlier, police note five prior cases against him in Gujarat, and a security review is underway given her Z-category protection.
• Fresh probe details report he traveled from Rajkot to Delhi via multiple trains, including a segment without a ticket, stayed at a Civil Lines guest house and reached the camp office before the 20 August assault.
• In a separate case, missing MP resident Archana Tiwari was traced to Kathmandu via a call and recovered near Lakhimpur Kheri, with CDRs leading to a Gwalior constable detained for questioning; also, the Supreme Court declined to entertain NCPCR’s challenge to a 2022 HC order validating a 15-year-old Muslim girl’s marriage.