Driver, 7 others booked for ferrying people

Rajkot:

A driver

,

who was transporting seven persons

, including three women in his ambulance from Metoda GIDC in Rajkot to Una in Gir Somnath district was arrested in Rajkot on Saturday morning. Also arrested were the passengers in the ambulance.

Police said the accused, identified as Akshay Shah (36), was booked for alleged violation of the lockdown order.

Along with Shah, those arrested were identified as Chetan Parmar (19), Dharmishta Parmar (21), Dilu Parmar (45), Malu Parmar (42), Paresh Leva (26), Shailesh Leva (18) and Varsha Leva (21).

“All the passengers are labourers who wanted to go to their native Una. They had offered Rs 10,000 to Shah to transport them to Una. While Shah was taking them in an ambulance, he was stopped at the check post at Patidar Chowk,” said J V Dhola, inspector with Rajkot taluka police station.