Rajasthan: RSS volunteer in hospital after being shot, 3 held

KOTA: An RSS chalak in Ramganjmandi town of

Kota district

sustained bullet injuries in both his legs after being shot at by three bike-borne youths here on Tuesday night. Acting promptly,

Kota

rural police detained two persons immediately after the crime while the key accused was nabbed on Wednesday. Traders of the town called a bandh against the incident and shops in the main markets of Ramganjmandi town remained shut on Wednesday.

Deepak Shah (48), who is also a stone trader in the town, sustained a bullet injury in each of his two legs around 8.30pm on Tuesday night when three bike-borne youths attacked him at Bazar No. 2 where Shah along with some other RSS volunteers was convincing locals for donation under ‘Sri Ram Mandir Nidhi Samarpan

Abhiyan

’”, Kota (rural) SP Sharad Choudhary said.

The injured RSS volunteer was immediately rushed to hospital where he is undergoing medical treatment. His condition is said to be out of danger.

Two of the accused, identified as Bhavik Chawda (20) and Sameer alias Sufian (21), were detained immediately after the crime after their bike slipped on the road while attempting to flee while the prime accused, Imran alias Ashu Paya (23), was arrested on Wednesday from

Raipur

in

Jhalawar

district while he was about to abscond to Madhya Pradesh, the SP said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the motive behind the attack was past enmity between Imran and Shah.