Man who attacked Delhi CM has 5 cases against him, is a dog lover with ‘mental health issues’

Speaking to mediapersons hours after the incident, Bhanu said, “He left on Sunday and reached Delhi on Monday. When his father asked him about his whereabouts, Rajesh said he had gone to Delhi for the dogs.”

On why he assaulted the Delhi CM, she added, “His mind is like that. He will hit anyone. He has hit me also and his wife as well. He has mental (issues) but is not on any medication. He got so angry upon learning about the dogs issue that he almost broke the bed hitting it in anger.”

Rajesh, his father and brother are all autorickshaw drivers in Rajkot.

According to a police document, five cognizable cases have been lodged against Sakriya between 2017 and 2024 at Bhaktinagar police station in Rajkot. Preventive action, including internment, had also been initiated against him by the police under the Gujarat Prohibition Act in 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

While in 2017, he was booked for voluntarily causing hurt, he was acquitted in the case in 2019. The next year, he was booked under the Prohibition Act in two cases but acquitted in both in 2023.

He was again booked under the Prohibition Act in 2022. The case is pending before the Second Additional Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate First Class in Rajkot. In 2024, Sakriya was booked for voluntarily causing hurt but was acquitted the same year.

Inspector A B Jadeja of Aji Dam police station, who questioned Bhanu, said, “We learnt that Rajesh has studied till Class 8, and drives an autorickshaw. It appears that he first went to Ujjain and from there to Delhi.”

DCP Jagdish Bangarwa of Rajkot City Police told The Indian Express, “According to his mother, Rajesh Sakriya appears to be an animal lover who was disturbed by the SC judgement. He went to Delhi because of this dog issue.”

“His neighbours told us that Sakriya used to feed stray dogs in his area. Many times, he had taken injured or sick dogs to hospital in his autorickshaw. We were also told that he wanted to build a shelter home for stray dogs,” the DCP was quoted as saying by PTI.

“We learnt he was only concerned about stray dogs and gave more importance to these animals than his family,” he said, adding that Sakriya is married and has a child.

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