Anger over toddler’s rape spreads to N Guj

  • | Wednesday | 3rd October, 2018

Then, the mob shouting slogans demanding the release of villagers arrested for rioting after the girl’s rape in Dhundhar village near Himmatnagar marched towards Vadnagar town and forced shopkeepers to close their shops. We have also demanded Rs five lakh compensation to the family of the rape survivor.”Asked about removal of migrants from factories, Thakor said, “We are demanding that 80% of the employees must be locals. We are not asking for total ban on jobs for outsiders.” The mob turned violent and resorted to pelting stones, which forced the cops to lob 15 tear gas shells and lathicharge.Deputy superintendent of police, Mehsana, Manjita Vanzara, said that a mammoth crowd had first gathered in the factory premises and demanded removal of outsiders. Here, there was a friction between the police and protesters.

Palanpur: The massive public outrage over the rape of a 14-month-old girl in Sabarkantha last week is spreading across north Gujarat with Alpesh Thakor-led Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena leading the violent protests to demand death penalty for the 20-year-old accused, a native of Bihar.On Tuesday, Sultanpur village adjoining Vadnagar virtually turned into a combat zone between the Thakor community members and the police after the mob barged into Himalaya Food Factor demanding that migrant workers be immediately sacked and locals be given jobs in their place. Then, the mob shouting slogans demanding the release of villagers arrested for rioting after the girl’s rape in Dhundhar village near Himmatnagar marched towards Vadnagar town and forced shopkeepers to close their shops. Here, there was a friction between the police and protesters. The mob turned violent and resorted to pelting stones, which forced the cops to lob 15 tear gas shells and lathicharge.Deputy superintendent of police, Mehsana, Manjita Vanzara, said that a mammoth crowd had first gathered in the factory premises and demanded removal of outsiders. “When police reached the spot, the mob tuned violent and stared pelting stones,” she said.“We have rounded up 20 people for rioting and intensified patrolling in Vadnagar town as well as at the factory site in Sultanpur,” said PM Patel, police sub-inspector, Vadnagar.According to sources, several handcarts selling panipuri and other snacks by non-Gujaratis were ransacked by agitators in Mehsana town too. Anger also split on the roads in Bhiloda town of Aravalli district where business establishment observed bandh to protest against the heinous rape case.Talking to TOI, Radhanpur MLA Alpesh Thakor said, “We have demanded that the rape case be tried in a fast-track court and the investigation should be completed within two months. We have also demanded Rs five lakh compensation to the family of the rape survivor.”Asked about removal of migrants from factories, Thakor said, “We are demanding that 80% of the employees must be locals. We are not asking for total ban on jobs for outsiders.”

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