Ahmedabad, Authorities on Saturday demolished “illegally constructed” homes of six out of 14 accused arrested for attacking commuters and rioting in Ahmedabad, police stated.
Authorities demolish ‘unlawful’ homes of accused concerned in Ahmedabad mob violence
Fourteen individuals, considered one of them a minor, have been apprehended after a mob attacked some passersby with sticks and swords, leaving three injured and as many autos broken, inspector SB Chaudhari of Ramol police station stated.
He stated the homes of six of the arrested accused have been discovered to be constructed illegally and have been being demolished within the Amraiwadi and Khokhar localities of the town.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Company was demolishing the unlawful constructions amid heavy police presence, the official stated.
“The AMC is taking action to remove these illegal constructions. Around 700-800 police personnel are deployed at these sites, and senior police officers have also visited the sites,” a police official stated.
Relations of the accused created a ruckus, however the police introduced them below management and prevented them from hindering the demolition work.
A mob of 20 males armed with sticks, swords and knives created terror by vandalising autos and beating up folks within the Vastral locality of the town on Thursday evening.
The police had registered a primary data report based mostly on a criticism by one Alap Soni, who narrated the ordeal and stated how his household outing to have a good time his mother and father’ marriage anniversary became a nightmare after some anti-social parts welding sticks, swords and knives attacked them.
In response to the FIR, one of many accused attacked and stabbed the complainant on the again of his neck and his left hand, and one other man equally stabbed his cousin. In addition they broken their automobile and different autos parked on the roadside earlier than escaping.
The accused have been booked below numerous sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita pertaining to try to homicide, illegal meeting, rioting, wrongful restraint, and so on.
Purported movies of police publicly flogging a few of these accused additionally surfaced.
Requested about these movies, Deputy Commissioner of Police , Zone-5, Baldev Desai, stated he had no information about this.
Gujarat Director Common of Police Vikas Sahay held a video convention with the police commissioners and superintendents of police and instructed them to organize a listing of “anti-social elements” residing in every police station space throughout the subsequent 100 hours and take strict punitive motion in opposition to them, an official assertion stated.
Repeat offenders concerned in crimes in opposition to the physique, extortion, intimidation, crimes in opposition to property, unlawful enterprise of prohibition and playing, theft and different anti-social acts have been ordered to be included on this listing, it stated.
As per directions, as soon as these lists are ready, authorities should take motion in opposition to unlawful development, encroachment on authorities land, and unlawful energy connection of such parts, and if such individuals are discovered concerned in unlawful acts after being out on bail, their bail ought to be cancelled.