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Updated: May 09, 2020 17:23 IST

Delhi Police have registered and FIR under Section 323 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) against Suresh, who had slapped Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a road show in the capital’s Moti Nagar area on Saturday, ANI reported.

Suresh Chauhan had climbed on the bonnet of a topless SUV that Kejriwal riding and had slapped him.

Delhi police spokesperson Anil Mittal in a statement on Saturday had said that during preliminary interrogation, Suresh Chauhan revealed that he was an AAP supporter and used to work as one of the organisers of the party’s rallies and meetings.

Watch | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal slapped during roadshow in Moti Nagar

Police claimed that Chauhand had become disenchanted with AAP due to the behaviour of its leaders and was further angered by “distrust of the party in the armed forces.”

AAP has rubbished the police’s claims that the attacker was a supporter of the party and insisted that even his wife has claimed that he was a BJP supporter.

“The attacker’s wife is saying that her husband is a Modibhakt, police claims he was an AAP leader...,” Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said in a tweet.

AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj also tweeted on the same lines.