WATCH: Shoes hurled at Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in Bargarh

BHUBANESWAR: Shoes were thrown towards Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while he was campaigning for the upcoming Bijepur byelections on Tuesday.

The incident took place at a public rally in Kumbhari in Bargarh district's Barali.

#WATCH Shoes thrown towards Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in Bargarh, the culprit was later thrashed and received injuries pic.twitter.com/6UNEkHmJKJ — ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2018

The Chief Minister had just started off addressing the gathering when the youth allegedly hurled shoes targeting him.

The entire incident has been caught in a video and shared by news agency ANI.

Patnaik has not received any injuries. The accused was later caught hold of and thrashed by police.

Earlier on January 31, a woman had thrown eggs on Patnaik while he was attending an event. The event was taking place in the city of Balasore.

Following the incident, the woman was detained.

In a video captured during the incident, the Chief Minister was seen posing with a group of men for clicking pictures when suddenly the woman started throwing eggs targetting him.