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Man hurls shoe at PM in Ahmedabad, held
CNN-IBN
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MARKED FOR MANMOHAN: A combo image of the PM and the man who threw a shoe at him in Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad: A man attempted to throw a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while he was addressing an election rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The shoe didn’t reach the Prime Minister, who was giving a speech when the incident took place. The man who hurled the shoe was identified as Mukesh Chauhan and was immediately overpowered by security officials and taken away.It is not known yet why Chauhan threw the shoe and whether he is affiliated to any political organisation.
The Prime Minister stopped for a moment during his speech at Tagore Hall in Paldi as one of his Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel ran towards the spot where the shoe had landed. The shoe landed about 20 feet away.
Sources tell CNN-IBN has instructed Congress leaders in Gujarat to tell the police not to register a complaint against Chauhan and he has forgiven him.
On April 7, a Sikh journalist threw a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram to express his protest against the Congress fielding candidates accused in anti-Sikh riots of 1984.
That incident was followed by attacks on Congress MP Naveen Jindal and BJP leader L K Advani.
Man hurls shoe at PM in Ahmedabad, held
CNN-IBN
http://ibnlive.in.com/pix/sitepix/04_2009/shoe_throw313.jpg
MARKED FOR MANMOHAN: A combo image of the PM and the man who threw a shoe at him in Ahmedabad.
Ahmedabad: A man attempted to throw a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while he was addressing an election rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
The shoe didn’t reach the Prime Minister, who was giving a speech when the incident took place. The man who hurled the shoe was identified as Mukesh Chauhan and was immediately overpowered by security officials and taken away.It is not known yet why Chauhan threw the shoe and whether he is affiliated to any political organisation.
The Prime Minister stopped for a moment during his speech at Tagore Hall in Paldi as one of his Special Protection Group (SPG) personnel ran towards the spot where the shoe had landed. The shoe landed about 20 feet away.
Sources tell CNN-IBN has instructed Congress leaders in Gujarat to tell the police not to register a complaint against Chauhan and he has forgiven him.
On April 7, a Sikh journalist threw a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram to express his protest against the Congress fielding candidates accused in anti-Sikh riots of 1984.
That incident was followed by attacks on Congress MP Naveen Jindal and BJP leader L K Advani.
Man hurls shoe at PM in Ahmedabad, held