10 more nabbed in connection with violence in Hathikhana area of Vadodara

Vadodara: The crime branch of Vadodara police has arrested 10 more accused in the case lodged in connection with the mob violence in Hathikhana area of the ccity on Friday.

Police said that of these 3 have been arrested from Gomtipur in Ahmedabad city where they were hiding.

With this so far 26 accused have been arrested in connection with the violence that erupted in communally sensitive Hathikhana area of the city after the residents of the locality raised objections to police shooting a video outside the mosque.

A mob confronted the police over the videography and started pelting stones, while shouting slogans against the citizenship amendment act. The police resorted to firing in air and lobbing tear gas shells to control the situation.

Those arrested today have been identified as Bashir Ahmed Mulla (45) a native of West Bengal who lived in Genda Falia of Hathikhana here, Imtiyaz Pathan (44), Altaf alias Shahrukh A Meman (37), Arif (39), a local who allegedly attacked the policeman using video camera, Javed Shaikh (43), Zuber Shaikh (22), Nazir Shaikh (22), Sahil D Sindhi (20), Aiyaz Maniya (20) and Majro Pathan (22).

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