Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (DC)

Bengaluru, May 3: In a shocking incident a woman entered the Lokayukta office with a knife in her bag here on Thursday, May 3.

After the vicious attack on him, Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanath Shetty returned to office only last week.

The woman identified as Sonia Rani alias Sonu (35) a resident of Rajajinagar was found with a knife in her bag. She had written her name in the officer registration book.

The new metal detector at the office traced the knife in her file that she had carried along with her. Immediately she was arrested and during the questioning she claimed to be wife of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. She also claimed that she was a citizen of Italy.

The Vidhana Soudha police are further investigating and the official information regarding the same is awaited.

The attack on Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty took place on March 7 when Tejas Sharma, a petitioner, barged into Shetty’s office chamber and stabbed him with knife.

Tejas was caught by security personnel, while the Lokayukta was rushed to Mallya Hospital with stab wounds.

The judge termed the attack ‘unfortunate’ and said he wanted to forget the episode and continue his work.