CCTV shows that the person who attacked Rekha Gupta did a recce of Delhi CMs residence

Rajesh Khimji is accused of assaulting Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta

CCTV camera footage has emerged, purportedly showing Rajesh Khimji - the man accused of attacking Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta - conducting a recce of her Shalimar Bagh residence on August 19, a day before the incident at a Jan Sunvai event.

According to news agency ANI, the footage was released by the chief minister’s office.

Sources in the Delhi BJP said the attacker first gave the chief minister some papers during the public hearing and then allegedly attacked her. The accused, Rajesh (41), who resided with his wife, son and parents at Gokul Park on Kotharia Road in Gujarats Rajkot city.

According to reports, the man had approached the Jan Sunvai with a plea seeking the release of a relative lodged in jail. He was detained soon after the incident and taken to Civil Lines police station for questioning.

Following the attack, senior officials, including the Delhi Police Commissioner, Chief Secretary and minister Parvesh Sahib Singh, reached CM Gupta’s residence.

Delhi minister Parvesh Sahib Singh Varma earlier claimed that the accused in the Rekha Gupta attack case had conducted a recce of her residence for the past 24 hours and was plotting to meet her.

He added that the accused reached Rekha Guptas Shalimar Bagh residence for the recce. He stated that the accused spent the night near her residence and attacked her during the public meeting.

“Now, it has been found out that that person was doing a recce for 24 hours to find out how to meet the Chief Minister. He even did a recce till CM Rekha Guptas house in Shalimar Bagh. Yesterday, he spent the night in the nearby Civil Lines area, and when he came today morning, he did not have any papers in his hand. There was no such issue, and he attacked as soon as he met her,” Varma told reporters.

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