Man in Surat jumps from building to escape arrest, falls on pedestrian, both injured

Surat: In a strange incident, a person fearing arrest by police jumped from the gambling den on third floor of building in order to escape. He fell on a laborer passing through the street. Finding them injured, the locals gathered in crowd and expressed anger against the police following which the police men had to locked themselves inside the room. They could only leave the place when more police force arrived to help them.

The incident took place at Hem residency. Amroli police reached there to raid a gambling den on third floor. While the main door was locked, the police men heard sounds of talk from inside. As soon as the police knocked the door, one of gamblers, Shailesh Patel jumped from the building. He fell on one laborer Irfan Sheikh who was passing through the street. Both were seriously injured and taken to hospital.

Finding that two persons were injured in connection with police raid, the people gathered in the street started sloganeering against police. Facing heat from locals, police men who had came to raid the gambling den locked themselves inside the den and contacted police control room to seek more police force. The raid party could leave the room only after huge police force arrived to rescue them.

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