49 including Congress corporator Shahzad Pathan arrested for Shah-e-Alam violence

Ahmedabad/Palanpur: Forty Nine of the total 50 named accused including a local Congress corporator have been arrested while unnamed case has also been lodged against a mob of 5000 people in connection with the violence in Shah-e-Alam area in the city yesterday during protest against Citizenship Amendment Act and NRC.

A total of 26 police personnel including DCP, ACP, PI and PSI rank officials were injured in stone pelting by mob in the Muslim dominated area of the old city. Police had tried to stop a rally against the CAA/NRC which was being taken out without permission when the crowd become unruly.

CCTV footage showing rioters pelting stones mercilessly on police officials from close quarters have gone viral after the incident.

PI of Isanpur police station J M Solanki who have lodged the case in his police station under various sections of IPC including those pertaining to attempt to murder, rioting and sections of Damage to Public property Act and also Gujarat police act, today said that 49 of the 50 accused including the Congress corporator from Danilimada Shazad Pathan have been arrested.

He said that raids were being conducted to nab others involved in the incident. The CCTV footage would be sent to FSL for identification of other culprits.

Notably, police has to resort to tear gas shelling and baton charge to disperse the mob.

In a separate incident police in Chhapi of Banaskantha district has also lodged a similar case against 22 named accused and a crowd of around 3000 people in the incident of attempted attack on police on a local highway by protestors yesterday. Video of this incident had gone viral. Local Congress supported independent MLA Jignesh Mevani, who had supported the bandh call protest, had also tweeted about the incident.

Meanwhile tight security arrangement was in place in the affected areas where the situation was now under control. Additional 2 SRP companies apart from the existing ones were being deployed in the area.

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