Porbandar:

A local court in Ranavav town of Porbandar district of Gujarat today rejected the regular bail of NCP MLA from Kutiyana, Kandhal Jadeja and 6 others in connection with a case pertaining to ruckus in police station and damage of public property.

The court however allowed temporary bail to Jadeja till December 25.

The court of first class judicial magistrate R K Trivedi rejected the regular bail of Kandhal and five of his aides and Samat Mer with whom they had a scuffle tow days ago in the police station. They had also allegedly manhandled some policemen on duty.

Advocate of Jadeja M G Singrakhiya said that after the rejection of the bail of his client he had given a separate plea for temporary bail. ‘The court has allowed it till December 25. I had requested the court that Jadeja who is again elected MLA from Kutiyana has to take oath as the member of the Gujarat assembly,’ he said.

Meanwhile Kandhal and 6 others were sent to Porbandar jail after rejection or regular bail. Kandhal will be released on temporary bail from the jail itself tonight or tomorrow morning.

Kandhal and others have been booked under section 143, 147, 160, 186, 294, 332, 427 and 504 of the IPC and section 3(1) and 3 (2) of the Prevention of damage to public property act.

FIR pertaining to offense of rioting, assaulting and obstructing public servant was lodged two days back. According to police Kandhal and others entered in to scuffle with police in wee hours of Thursday morning at Ranavav police station. Kandhal and 10 others including Kandhal’s brothers Karan and Kana Jadeja are booked in this connection. Kandhal and his gang was in search of Samat Mer who had worked against Kandhal in recently concluded assembly election. As they couldn’t trace Samat at his residence, they rushed to Ranavav Police station where Samat was hiding in order to protect self. Samat is president of Ranavav municipality. Kandhal and others thrashed Samat within police station building and created ruckus there.

Kandhal and gang broke telephone of police station and attacked the policemen present there. Kandhal is son of ‘Godmother’ Santokben Jadeja and late mafia Sarman Munja. Kandhal has been recently reelected from Kutiyana seat of Porbandar district. He is facing number of criminal cases and has been to jail in the past. Kandhal who is close to former Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela had voted in favour of BJP candidate and Shankersinh’s relative Balwantsinh Rajput in Rajya Sabha election this year.

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