‘Shoe attacker is not a journalist’
June 6th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The man who threatened Congress leader Janardhan Dwivedi with a shoe at a press conference here was never a journalist, a Rajasthan-based organisation, for whom the man claimed to be working for, said Monday.
“Sunil Kumar had never worked here at Nav Sanchar Patrika,” Mukesh S. Mond, the editor of the now defunct publication, told IANS.
The assailant, in his 30s, identified himself as Sunil Kumar working for Nav Sanchar Patrika to gain entry to the press conference at the Congress headquarters here.
“We did not issue him a press card,” Mond said.
The Nav Sanchar Patrika was a fortnightly house journal of Jhunjhunu-based Sainik Academy, a coaching institute, but it stopped publication last year.
“He used to teach English (at the academy) but had left seven month earlier,” Mond said.
Dwivedi was holding a press conference on the crackdown on Baba Ramdev’s anti-graft stir, when the incident took place in the full view of TV cameras.
Sunil Kumar came very near to the dais where Dwivedi was sitting and threateningly raised a shoe at him. But Dwivedi pushed him away. A security guard caught him and journalists present also pounced on the man, who was then whisked away by security men.
He was taken to the Tughlak Road police station.
This was the latest in a string of shoe-related assaults on public figures in India.
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- Shoe attack: Man threatens Congress leader (Lead) - Jun 06, 2011
- Shoe attack bid accused sent to judicial custody - Jun 07, 2011
- BJP condemns shoe attack bid - Jun 06, 2011
- Court seeks proof on plea against Digvijay Singh - Apr 03, 2012
- Court reserves order on lodging case against Digvijay - Mar 23, 2012
- Throwing footwear: A trend to showcase anger - Oct 18, 2011
- Court dismisses case against Digvijay Singh - Apr 26, 2012
- Shoes thrown at others, Pawar first to be assaulted (Timeline) - Nov 24, 2011
- Aamir meets Gehlot, discusses female foeticide - May 09, 2012
- Previous attacks on leaders (To go with: 'Ink attack stuns Ramdev, attacker faces mob fury') - Jan 14, 2012
- Zardari guarded by 'human shield' at press conference to prevent shoe attack - Aug 20, 2010
- Shoe-chucking turning into a popular protest form (Lead) - Apr 27, 2011
- NDA Commandant conferred Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (With image) - Apr 19, 2012
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