Cracker thrown at BJP leaders in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar

New Delhi: The Delhi BJP has filed a police complaint over a cracker allegedly thrown at its leaders, including its chief Manoj Tiwari, during the party's "Gandhi Sankalp Yatra" at Karawal Nagar here. Tiwari termed the incident a "cowardly" act to disturb the BJP event.

The "Gandhi Sankalp Yatra" was taken out from 10, Futa Road, Karawal Nagar West to Shani Bazar, Turkmirpur on Friday. At around 8 pm, when Tiwari and other leaders were addressing a gathering, someone allegedly threw a cracker on them.

"The cracker landed on me and our former MLA Mohan Singh Bisht. I had a narrow escape, while Bisht's arm was injured and his Kurta burnt," Tiwari said.

A complaint was filed late on Friday night by Delhi BJP's media co-head Anand Trivedi at the Khajoori Khas police station.

"We have registered a case under section 285 (negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) of the Indian Penal Code and are analysing the CCTV footage," a senior police officer said. "The cracker burst with a loud bang, triggering panic among people. Our leaders had a narrow escape, although Mohan Singh Bisht was hurt," Trivedi said.

Earlier, launching the "yatra", Tiwari said it was the dream of Mahatma Gandhi to get independence for India and establish a "Ram Rajya", which was being realised under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.