New Delhi, Aug 25 (UNI) In a latest update in connection with the Delhi CM Rekha Gupta Attack case, it has been learnt that the main accused in the case , Rajeshbhai wanted to slit the throat of the CM.
According to sources, Rajeshbhai confessed that his intention was to slit the Chief Minister and took a knife from a vegetable cart outside the New Delhi Railway Station for this purpose.
However, he couldn’t take the knife inside CM House due to heaven security.
The sources said that the second accused Tahseen Sayed knew about Rajesh’s plan. Rajesh told Tahseen that they had to do something big.
According to the police, accused Rajesh had come to Delhi and his friend Tahseen Sayed was aware of his intentions.
Police sources said that he Picked up the knife from a vegetable cart outside New Delhi Railway Station.
“Both accused, Rajesh and Tahseen, are dog lovers.The police interrogated Tahseen and Rajesh by making them sit face-to-face. During the interrogation, Tahseen stated that he would not spare anyone who came in his way. The entire planning and during the incident, communication between Rajesh and Tahseen was ongoing, and Tahseen had told Rajesh everything,” said a police source.
The Delhi Police has now intensified the case by adding a charge of criminal conspiracy under Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), which is now Section 61 of the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), to the existing First Information Report (FIR).
A second accused has been identified and arrested in connection with the conspiracy. Identified as Tahseen Sayed, the individual was arrested from Rajkot and has also been booked under the stringent Section 61 of the BNS pertaining to criminal conspiracy.
“Rajesh felt the Chief Minister was an easier target than the Supreme Court.
Rajesh told Tahseen that he would kill CM,” the sources said.
The police took Rajesh to the Gujarat Bhawan where he had stayed the night. The police took Rajesh to the location where he had thrown the knife. The police took Rajesh to the railway station from where he had picked up the knife.
Meanwhile, the custodial remand of the main accused, Rajeshbhai, is scheduled to end today, raising questions about the next steps in the investigation.
The search for the knife that accused Rajesh brought to attack the Chief Minister is still ongoing.
