New Delhi: Congress leader and 1984 riots accused Jagdish Tytler was attacked by a Sikh youth at a wedding in New Delhi on Saturday night.
According to reports, 23-year-old Sehaj Umang Bhatia, allegedly in an inebriated state, got into a heated argument with Tytler at a farm house in the national capital's Mehrauli area and then threw a glass at the latter at around 11 pm. Tytler reportedly escaped unhurt.
The man was detained by police.
"The Congress leader was leaving the wedding ceremony when the incident happened. A youth named Sehaj Umang Singh started abusing Tytler and then tried to throw a glass at him. However, the leader escaped unhurt," a police official said.
"Following the attack, the people caught the youth and handed him over to the police. He was detained and later let off after a brief interrogation."
This comes two days after a court here refused to accept the closure report and directed the CBI to further investigate a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against Tytler, pointing to arms dealer Abhishek Verma's statement that Tytler had tried to influence a witness.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler ordered on Friday the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct further investigations and refused to accept the closure report that gives Tytler a clean chit, saying it should be found out whether Verma's statement was true or not.
Verma, in his statement, told the CBI that Tytler had tried to influence one of the witnesses by giving him a hefty sum of money and promising to settle his son abroad.
The court observed that Verma has disclosed an active role played by Tytler in sending key witness, Surinder Singh Granthi's son Narinder Singh to Canada. It was done as a deal for changing Granthi statement which has helped Tytler to get clean chit in the case, Verma has disclosed.
The court ordered the CBI to find out whether the statement of Verma was true or not and directed to conduct his lie detection test, if required.
It also asked the CBI to find out how many times Nairnder Singh applied for Canadian visa and to collect the copies of all the relevant documents.
The judge also ordered to find out whether Nairnder Singh ever committed any visas violations in Canada.
(With inputs from IANS)