A protester threw ink on Sahara Group chairman Subrata Roy as he reached the Supreme Court on Tuesday to appear in a contempt case arising out of non refund of Rs 20,000 crore to investors.
The attacker, who was later identified as Manoj Sharma, managed to get close to Roy despite a heavy police presence and then threw ink on him. Sharma, a lawyer by profession, hails from Gwalior and has now been detained.
Sahara chief was last night taken by road to New Delhi for production before the apex court around 2 PM today.
Roy surrendered last week on Friday after that he was formally arrested by the UP police which he had evaded for two days.
The Supreme Court had ordered his arrest after he failed to appear before the court in a contempt case for non-appearance before it.
He was lodged in a guest house of the state forest department at Kukrail in Lucknow after a local court directed the state police to keep him in its custody till March 4.