Shoe thrown at SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya during party event in Lucknow
The shoe did not reach up to Maurya. Party workers overpowered the alleged assailant and thrashed him
 "Shoe thrown at SP leader Swami Prasad Maurya during party event in Lucknow")
A shoe was thrown at senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya during a party event here on Monday.
The shoe did not reach up to Maurya. Party workers overpowered the alleged assailant and thrashed him.
"The accused has been taken to a hospital and further details will be known after questioning him," Assistant Commissioner of Police (Lucknow) Aniandy Vikram Singh told PTI. The alleged assailant, Akash Saini, was dressed as a lawyer, the officer said.
He was taken into custody by the Vibhuti Khand police.
The incident took place at the SP's one-day 'mahasammelan' at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.
Party president Akhilesh Yadav was scheduled to address the event. He had not reached the venue at the time of the incident.
Maurya, a prominent OBC leader in Uttar Pradesh who had defected to the SP from the BJP just before the 2022 assembly elections, has been in the thick of a controversy over his remarks on the Ramcharitmanas and Hindu temples.
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