Bullets targeting Bhim Army head Chandra Shekhar Aazad were shot at on Wednesday when an armed convoy he was riding in was ambushed in Uttar Pradesh. However, the bullets brushed past him.
According to the most recent reports, the leader of the Ambedkarite and Dalit rights organisations was checked into a hospital in Saharanpur.
Bhim Army leader and Aazad Samaj Party – Kanshi Ram chief, Chandra Shekhar Aazad taken to a hospital in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh after his convoy was attacked by a few armed men and a bullet brushed past him. Details awaited. https://t.co/TDVzdFGUDa pic.twitter.com/URJCGGAOiU
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2023
According to senior superintendent of police Vipin Tada, armed individuals riding in cars fired shots at Aazad’s caravan. He claimed that a bullet had just barely missed him, adding that the police were looking into the incident.
From his hospital bed Azad said his people had identified the assailants. “Their car went towards Saharanpur. We took a U-turn. Five of us, including my younger brother, were in the car when the attack took place,” he added.
#WATCH | "I don't remember well but my people identified them. Their car went towards Saharanpur. We took a U-Turn. Five of us, including my younger brother, were in the car when the incident occurred..," says Bhim Army leader and Aazad Samaj Party – Kanshi Ram chief, Chandra… pic.twitter.com/MLeVR8poaN
— ANI (@ANI) June 28, 2023
