26 booked for stone pelting in Padra; 16 of them identified

Vadodara: While the nation celebrated the consecration ceremony of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir on Monday, the festivities in Bhoj village of Padra taluka were marred by a stone-pelting incident. The police have filed a case against 16 identified individuals and 10 unnamed individuals. A combing operation has been carried out by police, involving Vadodara City Rural SOG, LCB teams, and Vadu Police, but as of now, all accused individuals are absconding.

A complaint was filed at the Vadu police station in Padra regarding the incident. It states that on the 18th, as part of a pre-planned conspiracy, miscreants removed Hindu flags. On Monday, during the Shri Ram Shobha Yatra passing in front of Nagina Masjid in Bhoj village, a mob intended to create controversy. They threatened to kill, insulted and threw stones and bricks at people in the procession.

The accused in this incident include Qasam Malek, Farooq Darbar, Anish Pratap, Ashfaq Raju, Ismail Master’s son Isaak, Muddatsar alias Mudo Kalio, and his relative, elder son of Aiyub Ahmed Dhori, Rafeeq Ibrahim, Ismail Motaji’s younger son, Altaf Kalubhai Rathod, Fezzan Yusuf Rathod, Anwar Rathod, Irfan Ismail Rathod, Sikander Ahmed Chauhan, Sameer Bachu Vaghela, and Bholu Raju Chiman. (all residents of Bhoj village)

A total of 8 people sustained injuries in this stone-pelting, including Pritiben Veersang, Amritben Budhabhai, Anitaben Bharatbhai Patel, Soham Bharatbhai Patel, Piyush Ranjit, Krupaben Gopalbhai Patel, Laxmiben Rameshbhai Parmar, Ishika Sarangbhai Patel.

Regarding this incident, PI DG Tadvi of Vadu police station mentioned that all the accused are currently absconding. Various teams, including district LCB and SOG, have been formed to search for the accused. Efforts are underway to take further action and apprehend those involved in this incident. DeshGujarat