Two cases lodged in connection with bloody clash in Kutch district that saw 6 deaths, total 19 including the deceased and injured made accused

Bhuj:Two separate cases with a total of 19 names as accused have been lodged in Mundra police station of West Kutch in connection with the bloody clash between two groups of different communities in Chhasra village in which 6 people were killed last night with sharp edged weapons.

SP West Kutch police district M S Bharda today informed.

He said that among the 19 accused were also the 6 killed and 3 injured from both sides.

He said that it was not a communal clash but a fight between two families of different communities.

‘One side was the family of a sitting woman sarpanch from Muslim community and on the other was the family of ex-sarpanch from Ahir-Hindu community. Their relation was not good since the last election almost 2 years ago,’ he said.

One case has been lodged by the side of Sarpanch in which 11 people including 4 deceased and 2 injured have been named while in the second case from the other side 8 accused including 2 deceased and one injured have been named,’ he informed adding that these have been lodged under sections pertaining to murder and rioting.

The SP said that extra force has been deployed in the village. No arrests have been made so far.

The deceased have been identified as Magan M Ahir (27) and Bharat M Ahir (28) (both brothers), Bhargav Ahir (26) and Chetan Ahir (38) (all from ex-sarpanch side) and Amad A Buliya (70) (father in law of sitting Sarpach) and her son Abid Buliya (25).

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