Man who shot at Owaisi claims BJP affiliation

Sachin Pandit, the man who shot at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, posted a BJP membership slip on his social media profile.

Sachin Pandit, the man who shot at All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, claims to be a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

To show off his affiliation to the saffron party, Sachin posted a copy of his membership slip on social media. In the slip, his name is written as ‘Deshbhakt Sachin Hindu’. Pictures of Sachin with BJP leaders, including UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, MP Mahesh Sharma, are now going viral on social media.

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Sachin, a law student, is from Durai village in the Badalpur area of Greater Noida. Sachin's father, Vinod Pandit, works for private companies on contract. Cops found that Sachin was earlier booked in an attempt-to-murder case.

Soon after Sachin was arrested, the Greater Noida Police began interrogating his relatives as well. The interrogation went on for about five hours on Thursday night.\

Vinod Pandit said that he provides labourers to 20-25 private companies on contract companies. He said that Sachin works with him. “Around 8:00 am yesterday [Thursday], Sachin went out saying he is going to talk to discuss something with the management of one of the companies. He had been a little upset for the last two-three days.

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