India, Aug. 20 -- The man who attacked Delhi chief minister Rekha Gupta during a public hearing on Wednesday has been identified as Rajesh Sakriya, a 41-year-old resident of Rajkot in Gujarat. His family claims he is a passionate dog lover who was disturbed by the Supreme Court's recent order directing stray dogs in Delhi-NCR to be rounded up and shifted to shelters.

Sakriya's mother, Bhanu, told reporters that his anger over the ruling may have driven him to travel to Delhi and confront the Chief Minister.

"My son loves dogs. He was angry after the Supreme Court's order against stray dogs. And left for Delhi soon after. We don't know anything else," she was quoted as saying by NDTV.

During the Jan Sunwai programme at the CM's Civil Li...