 On 7 April, Sikh "Dainik Jagran" reporter Jarnail Singh threw his shoe at Home Minister P. Chidambaram to protest the clearing of Tytler and Sajjan Kumar.Because of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Chidambaram did not press charges.Two days later, over 500 protesters from Sikh organisations throughout India gathered outside the court which was scheduled to hear the CBI's plea to close the case against Tytler.