Visitors throw paper at Satyendar Jain in Delhi Assembly; arrested

New Delhi, July 28

Two turbaned men sitting in the visitors’ gallery in the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday flung torn bits of paper in the Assembly hall and shouted slogans against Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain. The two were arrested later.

The day's business was on in the Delhi Assembly, which is in session, when two men, who appeared to be Sikhs, stood up and started shouting slogans against Minister Jain, calling him corrupt, and threw bits of paper into the hall where the legislators were sitting.

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Speaker Ram Niwas Goel immediately ordered the arrest of the two men, who tried to flee but were caught by police and a few Aam Aadmi Party legislators. Their identities were not known.

AAP rebel Kapil Mishra and BJP lawmaker Manjinder Singh Sirsa said that they saw some lawmakers beat both men in the MLA lounge. One photojournalist was injured while clicking photos of the incident.

Later, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel ordered the two protesters to one month jail. — Agencies/ TNS