Attempt of attack on top VHP leader in Gujarat, one nabbed

Ahmedabad: One of the two alleged attackers who tried to attack Gujarat state general secretary of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Ranchhod Bharvad in Dhandhuka area of Ahmdedabad district this evening has been nabbed along with his vehicle.

Bharvad, who was not hurt in the attempted attack and had lodged a complaint in Dhandhuka police station in this regard, said that the incident took place while he was heading for Bhavnagar from Vadtal in Central Gujarat.

‘Two person seated in a vehicle tried to stop my vehicle and attack me and my guards. One of them, identified as Saleem, a resident of Dhandhuka, was overpowered and nabbed by the guard during the incident on the Dhandhuka-Bhavnagar highway.,’ he said.

Meanwhile in-charge PSI of Dhandhuka police station R J Shukla said that attempts were on to nab the other attacker. The matter would be investigated in detail, he said.

Bharvad said that he did not know the attacker who has admitted to have known him. ‘The attack might be a result of the hatred towards the ideology he propagates,’ the VHP leader said.

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