The 41-year-old man who attacked Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta in August allegedly acted after he had a dream in which a dog standing next to a Shivling in a temple said to him that dogs in Delhi were suffering, according to the chargesheet submitted by police in court.

In May, the man, Rajeshbhai Khimjibhai Sakariya, sat “on a hunger strike in Ayodhya over the issue of monkeys”, allegedly clashed with guards at the temple, and was detained by police, the chargesheet says.

He had allegedly “seen many videos on Facebook” of people protesting in Delhi on dog-related issues, and holding “the Chief Minister of Delhi, Rekha Gupta , responsible”, according to the chargesheet.

Sakariya, who belongs to Rajkot, attacked the Chief Minister at a Jan Sunwai (public hearing) on August 20, and

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