'Bullets Fired at My Car': Hindu Sena President Alleges Attack After Ajmer Dargah Claims

Jaipur: Hindu Sena president Vishnu Gupta, who has moved court claiming the Ajmer Sharif Dargah of Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chisti was built over a temple, alleged Saturday that two unidentified persons opened fire at his car in Ajmer but he is safe.

The incident occurred in Ajmer's Gegal police station area Saturday morning.

Circle Officer (Ajmer Rural) Ramchandra said they are investigating the case from all angles and probing the points mentioned by Gupta, who told the police the incident happened after he left Ajmer for Delhi at around 6 am.

Two youths on a motorbike fired at the car from behind near Gagwana and fled after chasing it for some time, according to Gupta. He said the driver stopped the car at some distance and informed the police about the incident.

On receiving the information, senior officials and an forensic team reached the spot.

Gupta told the police the bullet hit the driver's side of the car.

"This was an attack on me. I demand that whoever is behind this attack is arrested," Gupta told reporters.

Gupta filed a petition in an Ajmer court last year, demanding to declare the Ajmer-based dargah of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti a Hindu temple.

He has claimed in his petition "there was a Shiva temple where the dargah was built. And a survey should be conducted to locate the temple." The court in Ajmer admitted the petition and issued notices to the Ajmer dargah committee, the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Archaeology Survey of India. 

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