A year later, 3 held for killing vegetable vendor

  • | Tuesday | 12th September, 2017

"The trio promised financial and legal aid to Donga and his gang members and then the conspiracy to eliminate Khatki was hatched. In order to bump Khatki off, Donga sought the support of his community members which held a meeting in Gondal market yard a year ago before the firing incident. Those who led the community members in the support of Donga were Satodiya of Rashtriya Vikas Party who is also a corporator with Gondal municipality, Pambhar and Vachhani. Led by his gang members in which he had some new members from his community, Donga opened indiscriminate fire in Choradiwad Darwaja and Tran Khuniya area of Gondal at the members of Khatki gang on July 22 last year. Rajkot: Three persons were arrested on Sunday night for their alleged involvement in the Gondal firing conspiracy in which two gang members fired at each other and hacked an innocent bystander to death a year ago.

Rajkot: Three persons were arrested on Sunday night for their alleged involvement in the Gondal firing conspiracy in which two gang members fired at each other and hacked an innocent bystander to death a year ago. The local crime branch (LCB) of Rajkot rural police, which arrested the accused, produced Prakash Satodiya, Dinesh Pambhar and Bipin Vachhani before a court in Gondal which sent them to judicial custody on Monday evening.According to details of the case, history-sheeters—Nikhil Donga and Imran Khatki—had an age old enmity and their gangs fought with each other frequently. In order to bump Khatki off, Donga sought the support of his community members which held a meeting in Gondal market yard a year ago before the firing incident. Those who led the community members in the support of Donga were Satodiya of Rashtriya Vikas Party who is also a corporator with Gondal municipality, Pambhar and Vachhani."The trio promised financial and legal aid to Donga and his gang members and then the conspiracy to eliminate Khatki was hatched. Led by his gang members in which he had some new members from his community, Donga opened indiscriminate fire in Choradiwad Darwaja and Tran Khuniya area of Gondal at the members of Khatki gang on July 22 last year. At that time, vegetable trader Sanjay Bhadani, who had come out to eat paav bhaaji, was hacked to death after Khatki gang members mistook him to be an accomplice of Donga," said an LCB official.After the murder of Bhadani, police arrested Khatki and Donga and five others from their respective gangs and booked them under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and 307 of the Arms Act. Donga had jumped the parole and is still at large.The case was then transferred to Rajkot rural LCB which during the investigation found the involvement of Satodiya, Pambhar and Vachhani and applied section 120-B on them, leading to their arrest.

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