Police sources stated the accused's pal Tahseen Syed, who has additionally been arrested within the case, knew in regards to the conspiracy and was in fixed contact with him earlier than the assault.
“Accused Sakriya Rajeshbhai Khimji had include a plan to kill the chief minister and procured a knife for the aim from a vegetable cart outdoors the New Delhi railway station. Nonetheless, when he noticed heavy (police) deployment throughout the (chief minister's) Jan Sunwai programme, he dumped the knife someplace in Civil Traces,” the senior police officer stated.
He added that the knife has been discovered from the Civil Traces space.
Syed was delivered to Delhi from Gujarat's Rajkot on Friday night time for additional questioning and was made to confront Khimji to confirm info. He was taken into custody on Sunday.
Khimji had allegedly despatched a video of Gupta's Shalimar Bagh residence to Syed, whereas the latter had despatched him Rs 2,000 and was in fixed contact with him earlier than the alleged assault on the chief minister throughout a “Jan Sunwai” programme at her Civil Traces camp workplace on Wednesday.Sources additionally claimed that Khimji had gone to the Supreme Courtroom earlier than heading in direction of Gupta's private residence at Shalimar Bagh.Khimji, an autorickshaw driver, has 5 instances of assault and possession of liquor in opposition to him that had been lodged between 2017 and 2024 at Rajkot's Bhaktinagar police station. A number of preventive actions had been additionally taken in opposition to him, the sources stated.These actions had been taken in 2017, 2020 and twice in 2022 below numerous sections of the Gujarat Prohibition Act and the Code of Felony Process (CrPC). Khimji was additionally externed as soon as in 2021 below part 56 of the Bombay Police Act.
In response to the info of a 2017 case, Khimji hit an individual on his head with a sword and beat him up with a bat used for laundry garments. In 2022, after he had a combat along with his spouse, he had inflicted accidents on his personal head with a blade to terrorise the members of the family. He obtained 9 stitches then.
Khimji was into illicit liquor smuggling as effectively. The Delhi Police is questioning greater than 10 individuals in reference to the assault on Gupta, together with Khimji's family and friends members in Rajkot.
Khimji advised the investigators that he had deliberate to stage a protest on the Ramleela Floor right here in opposition to the Supreme Courtroom's order on relocating stray canine, just like how social activist Anna Hazare had agitated over the corruption concern.
“If required, we are able to additionally take him to his native place in Rajkot as a part of the investigation,” a supply stated. Khimji's cell phone has been despatched for a forensic examination to determine if he deleted any essential data earlier than the assault.
Khimji was despatched to a five-day police custody by a courtroom. He has advised police that he went to the chief minister's “Jan Sunwai” programme to boost the problem of stray canine.
In response to the Rajkot Police, Khimji went to Delhi from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh on August 19 to participate in a protest in opposition to the apex courtroom's ruling on stray canine.
