North Indian mob torches 3 vehicles including police jeep in rural Valsad

Valsad

At least three vehicles including a police jeep were torched in Lavachha area of Valsad district today when the crowd in the funeral procession of a man who had died after getting injured in an attack went berserk demanding immediate arrest of the assailants.

Police said that one Suresh Tiwari (27), a native of Uttar Pradesh was seriously injured when four local persons attacked him with batons and rods on December 4. He had asked the assailants to drive their motorcycles slowly. Tiwari succumbed in Vinoba Bhave hospital of neighbouring Silvassa, the capital city of the bordering union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli last evening.

People in his funeral procession jammed Silvassa-Vapi road near Piprauli putting the dead body there. There is a sizeable population of people from UP in the locality.
The protesters were demanding immediate arrest of the culprits, police said.

Later when police arrived there, the mob went berserk and started stone pelting. It also burnt down at least three vehicles including a police jeep and tried to torch a mobile phone shop. Police had to resort to tear gas shelling.

The situation is said to be tense but under control, the police said adding additional force has been deployed in the area.

– DeshGujarat