Sitapur: A shoe was hurled at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district on Monday.
Hariom Sharma, a resident of Shastri Nagar locality, flung his shoe from a distance at Rahul at Transport Crossing, from where the roadshow started. The shoe narrowly missed Rahul.
Gandhi was travelling in an open vehicle. The shoe hit the man standing behind Gandhi in the vehicle.
Local hurls a shoe towards Congress VP Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Sitapur(UP),detained by police pic.twitter.com/oU3YsB3Fru
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The youth was immediately detained by the police and taken to the city police station.
The youth was heard saying "roadshow is useless", according to an eyewitness.
Prima facie, the youth has no political links, police said. The matter was being probed.
Man who hurled shoe at Rahul Gandhi arrested by police. (Photo: ANI Twitter)
