Gujarat: Crime branch arrests more persons in rioting case

VADODARA: The detection of crime branch (DCB) has arrested five more men in connection with the riots that broke out in Hathikhana area on December 20. The total number of arrests have now touched 31. The cops are looking for dozens of other rioters involved in the incident.
Those arrested on Wednesday have been identified as Javed Sheikh, 30, Irfan Sheikh, 21, Shahbaz Khan Pathan, 29, Dastgir Pathan, 30 and Mohammed Zahir Maniyar, 32.
Zahir had given shelter to three accused who had fled the city after the riots at his home in Ahmedabad.
“We have identified some more persons who will be nabbed too. The accused are being questioned about the plans that they hatched to create disturbance in the city,” said Jaydeepsinh Jadeja, DCP (crime).
Three cops were injured and several vehicles damaged when rioting broke out in Hathikhana on December 20 over videography being done by the cops. The police had to fire two rounds and lob 30 teargas shells to disperse the rioters who pelted stones at them. tnn