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No bail for youth who threw shoe at Rahul Gandhi during road show

News Agencies | Updated on: 7 February 2017, 1:21 IST

A local court on 28 September rejected the bail plea of the youth who hurled a shoe at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi during a road show in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.

Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Ranveer Singh turned down the bail of Hariom Mishra, who threw the shoe at Rahul during his road show on 26 September.

25-year-old Mishra was immediately nabbed by police and taken to custody for questioning even as the shoe missed Rahul narrowly.

Later, Rahul had targeted BJP and its ideological mentor RSS over the incident and said he was not afraid of such things.

Rahul was riding in an open top vehicle through Sitapur town, around 85 km from Lucknow, when the shoe came flying at him. Mishra claimed he is a journalist and said he was angry over Rahul doing the road show instead of paying tribute to the Uri martyrs.

-PTI

First published: 28 September 2016, 7:29 IST