Manmohan Singh escapes shoe attack
Updated at: 2028 PST, Sunday, April 26, 2009

AHMEDABAD: A man hurled a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday, in what has become a way of mark of protest during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls campaign. Security forces promptly detained the shoe-thrower and took himto Alicebridge police station. According to reports, the incident took place barely three or four minutes into PM’s speech when an urbane looking youth, apparently in his early 20s, sit .... Full Story