New Delhi: Miffed at not being able to meet Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam Bukhari, a 32-year-old man allegedly threw a bottle of kerosene at the cleric on Sunday in an attempt to set him ablaze. Kamaluddin, a resident of 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, was immediately nabbed by Bukhari’s security officers and handed over to local police. “The incident took place when the Imam was leading the namaz of ‘Maghrib’,” said Amanullah, Bukhari’s official spokesperson. Some drops of kerosene fell on Bukhari's clothes and some on the floor, but nobody was hurt, police said.
“We are trying to establish as to why he wanted to meet Bukhari but so far his utterances have not been very coherent, additional commissioner of police (central),” Alok Kumar said.
Earlier, the imam’s son Shaban Bukhari was chosen to succeed the Imam.
