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Interrogation death sets off protest, farmer dies in Gujarat police firing The police lobbed eight teargas shells to disperse the angry mob and then opened fire in which three persons were injured. Written by RITESH GOHIL | Gujarat | Updated: October 27, 2017 8:24 am Police vehicles were set on fire in Dahod’s Garbada taluka. At least 7 policemen were injured. (Express Photo/Bhupendra Rana) Violence rocked the tribal Chilakota village of Dahod’s Garbada taluka on Thursday after a local resident died following his interrogation by the police during which he was allegedly severely beaten up. Angry villagers demanding that the police be booked for murder attacked the local police station and set vehicles on fire. To quell the crowd, police opened fire in the evening in which a farmer was killed by a bullet that hit him in the head. This heightened tension late tonight in the region, a day after elections were announced in the state. Sources said that officials of the Local Crime Branch picked up Kanesh Gamara, 31, around 1.30 am on Thursday to question him about his brother who was reportedly wanted in a dacoity case. Gamara was picked up with another person and then released around 3 am. Within an hour, he was dead. The villagers took his body in a tempo around 7 am to the Jesawada police station demanding that the policemen involved in his interrogation be booked for murder. When the police said they would register a case of accidental death, villagers stoned the police station and set official vehicles on fire. The police lobbed eight teargas shells to disperse the angry mob and then opened fire in which three persons were injured. Ramsu Mohaniya, 45, the farmer from Amli village who died in the firing is survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters. His cousin Ratan Mohaniya told The Indian Express that Ramsu had gone to buy vegetables to Jesawada when he came in the line of police fire. [Photo] When the police said they would register a case of accidental death, villagers stoned the police station and set official vehicles on fire. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana) His admission record in the general hospital at Dahod, accessed by The Indian Express, says: “Ramsu Jokhlabhai Mohaniya. Hit by bullet in the head. Brought dead”. Police officials said that “seven to eight” policemen were injured in stone-pelting by villagers. Another villager Kanu Bhuriya was injured in the head and referred to Vadodara civil hospital for further treatment, said an official at the Dahod general hospital. Speaking to The Indian Express, Bhuriya said: “The police hired my vehicle (a tempo) and I got a call to come to the Jesawada police station. When I came here and parked my vehicle, something hit me near the eye”. He had a swollen right eye and a bandage on his right arm. Dahod Deputy Superintendent of Police Tejas Patel told The Indian Express: “We had taken Gamara in for questioning about his brother who is underground in a dacoity case and released him the same day. This morning, Gamara’s relatives approached the police to lodge a complaint and when police were in the process of registering the complaint, around 500 people gathered at the police station and started pelting stones. The crowd also burnt and damaged police vehicles.” Asked how many rounds were fired, he said: “The investigation is on”. Said Mohan Tadvi, a resident of Jesawada village and an eyewitness: “LCB police officers came to investigate, they picked up two persons and thrashed them. Later in the morning one of them died and when we went to police station to register a complaint against the police officers. They refused and said they would only register a case of accidental death.” gujarat, Gujarat farmer interrogation death, gujarat man dead in custody, farmer killed, gujarat protest, Dahod, Gujarat farmer death, dahod violence, farmer protest, interrogation death, gujarat latest news, indian express [Photo] The villagers took his body in a tempo around 7 am to the Jesawada police station demanding that the policemen involved in his interrogation be booked for murder. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana) II. http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/patidar-leader-narendra-patel-circulates-audio-clip-over-bjp-bribe-charge/story-N5pNQDjsiTUGWd4Aqd11SP.html Patidar leader Narendra Patel circulates audio clip over BJP bribe charge North Gujarat PAAS convener Narendra Patel joined the BJP, but later said he was offered Rs 1 crore. INDIA Updated: Oct 26, 2017 20:14 IST Press Trust of India, Mehsana (Gujarat) Narendra Patel claimed that the BJP offered him Rs 1 crore to join the party.(ANI Photo) After accusing the ruling BJP of trying to “buy” him, Patidar leader Narendra Patel circulated on Thursday an audio recording of his purported telephonic conversation with his associate Varun Patel to back his charge. Varun Patel joined the BJP after quitting the Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) on October 21. The next day, North Gujarat PAAS convener Narendra Patel joined the ruling party in the presence of Varun Patel and senior BJP leaders. However, a few hours later Narendra Patel claimed that he had been offered Rs 1 crore to switch loyalties. He also showed Rs 10 lakh to media persons, claiming it had been given to him as advance by Varun Patel who had allegedly brokered the deal. While both the BJP and Varun Patel refuted the charges, Narendra Patel announced that he had the audio and video evidence which he would disclose at the right time. Read more Patidar leader Narendra Patel files court complaint against BJP leaders for bribe Gujarat election 2017 dates declared: 5 controversies around the high-stakes vote On Thursday, he circulated an audio clip in which Varun Patel is purportedly heard telling him that he will get 60% of the amount after the BJP’s press conference, while the rest will be delivered during a party function the next day. Narendra Patel and Varun Patel switched off their mobile phones and could not be contacted, after the audio clip went viral on social media on Thursday. On Wednesday, a local court in Gandhinagar had ordered an inquiry into the complaint filed by Narendra Patel accusing BJP leaders of offering him a bribe. In his complaint, he said that the BJP leaders tried to break him away from the PAAS, which has been agitating for quota for the Patidar (Patel) community, and purchase him “like a slave”. He has named state BJP president Jitu Vaghani, the party’s state youth wing president Rutvij Patel, spokesperson Bharat Pandya and former PAAS members Varun Patel and Mahesh Patel in the complaint. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
