One held for harassing Hindu minor girls and attacking a man who objected that, in Kadodara

A fair is held every year in Shravan month in the open ground located in front of Aklamukhi Hanuman Mandir in Kadodara in Palsana taluka. Several minor Hindu females from Haripura in Palsana taluka visited the fair on Saturday. The accused Rahman Appas Shaikh Mohammad Shaikh (age 25, lives near Global Indian School, in front of Saibaba Mandir, Mahadevnagar, Dindoli, Surat. Mainly from Tamilnadu) allegedly made obscene gestures to the minor females. The accused molested the minor females by trying to touch them, despite they tried to convince him against it.

A man named Sandipbhai, accompanying the minor Hindu females at the fair, also tried to convince the accused against doing so. The accused had a knife in his pocket. He injured Sandipbhai above his eyes with the knife. The people available nearby gathered and beat up the accused after this. They then handed over the accused to the police. The police booked him under POCSO, Atrocity and other sections. DeshGujarat