Saturday, January 29 2005 18:11 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Former BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) president M Venkaiah Naidu today (Jan 29, 2005) escaped unhurt when petrol bombs were thrown at his helicopter, a short distance away from his election rally in village in Gaya district in Bihar.

"Naidu is safe. Some miscreants threw petrol bombs and set the chopper ablaze as Naidu was addressing the public meeting", party Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told sources in New Delhi.