According to details Bukhari was leading the evening prayers when a man threw a bottle of kerosene on him. However, the Imam remained unharmed in the incident.
The attacker, who is identified as Kamaluddin, 32, was immediately nabbed by the personal security officers of Bukhari and later handed over to local police. Kamaluddin is a resident of 24-Parganas district of West Bengal.
“The incident took place when the Imam was leading maghrib namaz (evening prayer). A man suddenly threw a plastic bottle which had kerosene at him from behind. The attacker was caught by Imam’s PSOs. He has been taken to the nearby police station,” said Imam’s official spokesperson Amanullah.
Additional Commissioner of Police (Central) Alok Kumar said that the man has been taken into custody and is being questioned.
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