GAYA JI, May 23 -- Union minister for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) Jitan Ram Manjhi was allegedly pelted with stones while he was addressing an event at a private school in Khizersarai block of Bihar's Gaya Ji district, police said on Saturday.

Gaya Ji's senior superintendent of police (SSP) Sushil Kumar said that the incident took place when the union minister was attending a felicitation ceremony at St Thomas English School near Siswar village as the chief guest Friday evening.

"Around 7.30 pm, some youths threw stones at the venue from outside the school's boundary, causing a disruption to the event. The minister's bodyguards whisked him into a security cordon and the police were informed," SSP Kumar said.

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