Chilli powder thrown at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

New Delhi: A man threw red pepper powder at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inside the Delhi secretariat on Tuesday, officials said.

The man, Anil Kumar, has been detained, they said.

The attack took place outside the chief minister's chamber on the third floor when he was leaving for lunch.

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However, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who is an MLA from Delhi's Rajouri Garden, called it a "drama orchestrated by Arvind Kejriwal himself."

This is not the first that Kejriwal has been assaulted. He was attacked with slippers, ink and slapped in the past.(ANI)

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