The Vadodara police has nabbed the miscreant who hurled a chappal (slipper) at Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel. He was identified as Rashmin Patel and the police believe he is associated with the Congress.

Informing the media, Vadodara Superintendent of Police (SP), Sudhir Desai said, "During the public rally held at Purali village in Karjan, while the Deputy Chief Minister was addressing the media somebody hurled a chappal at him and fled. We immediately started an investigation and Kalpesh Solanki, the Dy SP, was entrusted with the task. A police complaint was lodged according to the IPC clauses, under the People's Representation Act and also the Gujarat Police Act. We started an analysis of the video footage of the event, photographs of the event and other sources."