Ahmedabad: A dispute over bursting firecrackers during the Gujarat New Year celebration in the Paldi area turned tragic when some people were attacked by a group of individuals, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to several others. Paldi police have arrested 11 individuals involved in the attack.

According to the FIR filed by Sagar Prajapati, who runs a clothing store named B-Cell on the ground floor of Vraj Plaza, the incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. on October 22 while he, his nephew Ronak Prajapati, staff, and friends were bursting firecrackers outside his shop to celebrate the New Year.

Sagar stated that the altercation began when Narendra Singh Rajpurohit, who owns the store above Sagar’s shop named Pirates of Caribbean, along with his associate Arjun Singh Rajpurohit, objected to firecrackers being burst near his shop. The disagreement escalated when Narendra Singh and his associates, including Mahesh Bhati, Mukesh Singh Rajpurohit, Gopalsinh, Laxman Choudhary, Ranchhod, Vikas, Shripal Singh, Jitu Khatik, and Naveen Devashi, arrived at the scene. What started as a verbal argument turned into a violent clash involving sticks and iron pipes.

Sagar stated that Ronak was struck on the head multiple times with an iron pipe by Narendra Singh, resulting in serious injuries. Sagar himself was injured on his right hand while trying to protect his nephew. Several others, including Sagar’s staff—Ankur Shain, Mehul Rathod, Ankit Rana—and friends Tushar Bhavsar and Kishan Prajapati, were also injured.

The injured were immediately taken to SVP Hospital, but despite intensive treatment, Sagar’s nephew Ronak Prajapati succumbed to his injuries.

Acting on the complaint, Paldi police have registered a case against 11 individuals under Sections 109(1), 115(2), 118(1), 189(2), 190, 191(1), 191(3), 296(b) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Section 135(1) of the Gujarat Police Act. All the accused individuals, who are allegedly immigrants from another state, have been arrested, and police are questioning them to determine the exact motive and reconstruct the sequence of events. DeshGujarat