A person has been taken into custody after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s gunman and driver were allegedly attacked by a five-member group at Wandoor here, police said on Saturday.
According to the Wandoor police, a case has been registered and one person is currently in custody.
Police said the case was registered based on a complaint filed by Tharoor’s gunman, Ratheesh KP.
According to the FIR, the incident took place at Chellithode near Thiruvali in Wandoor at around 7.30 pm on Friday.
Police officials said the incident took place when there was a roadblock at the Chelithode bridge when Tharoor was on his way to attend Congress leader AP Anilkumar’s election campaign.
According to the FIR, the accused, who were traveling in two vehicles, blocked the MP’s vehicle.
When the gunman tried to remove the obstruction, he and the driver were allegedly assaulted, the FIR said.
Police said the road was narrow and the gunman only asked the vehicle ahead to move faster to ensure smooth passage for the MP convoy.
One person was taken into custody late on Friday and the remaining four accused have been identified and will be nabbed soon, police added.
Meanwhile, Tharoor posted on the handle ‘X’ that he was not affected by the incident.
Tharoor said he was truly touched by all the messages and calls expressing concern over the unpleasant incident last night where his security guard was attacked.
“He is fine and I am not affected. Thank you to all friends and supporters. Yesterday we went ahead with no worries and concluded two more events as planned. And our ongoing program remains intact,” he said.
