New Delhi: Rakesh Kishore, the advocate who hurled a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai inside the Supreme Court on Monday, claimed on Tuesday that the act was not his own but inspired by divine intervention.

“I didn’t do anything. It was the Lord who made me do it,” Kishore told IANS.

Speaking exclusively to IANS after the incident, Rakesh Kishore said, “Whatever my Lord made me do, I did. I didn’t act on my own. It was the Lord’s will. There is a message behind what happened, and I will explain it.”

Referring to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) heard by CJI Gavai on September 16, Kishore said he felt deeply hurt by how the matter was handled.

“I don’t know who filed the PIL or who the lawyer was. But the case involved the restoration of a beheaded 7-foot statue of Lor

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