{"id":303712,"date":"2025-08-22T20:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=303712"},"modified":"2025-08-23T13:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:42:21","slug":"morphed-photo-of-attacker-on-delhi-cm-rekha-gupta-with-aap-mla-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/morphed-photo-of-attacker-on-delhi-cm-rekha-gupta-with-aap-mla-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"News outlets, BJP leaders amplify morphed image of AAP MLA Gopal Italia with Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s attacker"},"content":{"rendered":"

An image of Aam Aadmi Party leader from Gujarat, Gopal Italia, with the man who attacked Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is doing the rounds on social media. The Delhi CM was attacked at her official residence on August 20 when she was holding a Jansunvai <\/em>or public grievance redressal meeting.<\/p>\n

Her attacker was 41-year-old Rajesh Khimji Sakriya, who posed as a complainant and came to her residence in Shalimar Bagh, where the public hearing of grievances was held. He charged at the CM and attacked her, causing her to fall. <\/span>According to an Indian Express report,<\/span><\/a> Sakriya is from Rajkot, Gujarat, and was upset at the Supreme Court verdict on packing away stray dogs in the Delhi-NCR region in shelters. An FIR has been registered against him for assault with intent to murder.<\/span><\/p>\n

A few hours after the incident, Delhi Moti Nagar BJP MLA <\/span>Harish Khurana<\/span><\/a> shared a photograph of the attacker along with another image of him standing next to AAP’s Gujarat MLA Gopal Italia. Hinting at a political conspiracy by AAP, Khurana said the image was telling of the association between Italia, who is also a close ally of former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, and Rekha Gupta’s attacker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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News outlets Republic Bharat<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Aaj Tak<\/span><\/a>, Punjab Kesari<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>VOCALTV.in<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>featured Harish Khurana’s X post, amplifying his claims. Over 30 minutes into Aaj Tak’s show, when the image is said to be fake, a BJP spokesperson tells their AAP counterpart why they were not lodging a complaint instead of debating on TV?<\/span><\/p>\n