A Sikh journalist throws a shoe, missed target, at home minister P Chidambaram today protesting against the clean chit of CBI to senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler who has been accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

P Chidambaram was addressing a press conference at the All India Congress Committee headquarters in New Delhi. He was surprised when the journalist Jarnail Singh flung the shoe. Jarnail Singh is a reporter of Hindi daily Dainik Jagaran.

Chidambaram quickly moved away to see it pass by. He said, “Please take him away,” said smiled and later on added “gently, gently” as Jarnail Singh was escorted out of the press conference hall. Chidambaram also said, “I forgive him.”

Chidambaram appealed to the reporters present in the hall, “let not the action of one emotional person hijack the entire press conference. I have answered his questions to the best of my ability.”

the journalist asked Chidambaram about the clean chit given by CBI to Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case under pressure from the government.

P Chidambaram replied to his question by saying, “First of all let me make it clear that CBI is not under the home ministry. To my knowledge neither the home ministry nor any ministry of the government had put any pressure on the CBI.”