A laser was pointed at Congress president Rahul Gandhi's head, during his roadshow in Amethi on Wednesday created a scare, but later MHA confirmed that the green light aimed at Rahul Gandhi was from mobile phone.

The 'green light' shown in the clipping was found to be that of a mobile phone used by the AICC photographer, who was videographing the impromptu press interaction of Rahul Gandhi near the collectorate at Amethi – Director (SPG) informed MHA.

In its letter, the Congress said a green laser was pointed 7 times at Congress president Rahul Gandhi's head when he was interacting with the media after filing his nominations.