10 held in Gujarat’s Navsari for attacking farmer, 8 in Vadodara mob attack

On Sunday, at around 1 am, a farmer, Lakhan Gurjar, was out in the Vijalpore area where the accused had allegedly gathered near a temple.
Gurjar said that the accused asked him several questions about his movement, and then began abusing him. They then allegedly tied him to a pole and thrashed him with a stick, abused him and accused him of being a thief. Based on the video of the incident that was shared on social media, police nabbed 10 accused and arrested them on Monday.

Officers of the Navsari district police have also appealed to the residents to not take law into their hands over prevailing rumours of dacoit attacks and urged residents to turn in any suspects to the police.

The incident comes close on the heels of a mob attack in Vadodara’s Warasiya road area in which a man was killed and another was injured over suspicion of theft.

The Vadodara city police on Sunday arrested eight accused in the case of murder and mob lynching.

The Vadodara city police also booked a case of theft against three men, including the deceased, Sehbaaz Khan Salim Khan Pathan, 21, and his injured accomplice Ali Imran Tiliyawala, 20, as well as Sahil Sajid Shaikh, 20, who had escaped from the spot where the mob had cornered Pathan and Tiliyawala.

According to the investigating officers, the three men had arrived in the area with the alleged intention to commit theft and were also armed with weapons used for a housebreak.

The accused were allegedly riding a stolen motorcycle and the owner of the motorcycle had earlier approached police to lodge a complaint.
Shaikh, who had escaped the mob attack, has been arrested in the case of theft while Tiliyawala is undergoing treatment.

On Saturday, the Raopura police station in Vadodara also registered two complaints of an autorickshaw as well as a labourer, who had been assaulted by the former on suspicion of theft.

According to police, Bharat Parmar, the labourer, lodged a complaint that he had allegedly been attacked by two men when he sat in a stationary auto rickshaw in Dandia Bazar area on Saturday when he had stepped out in search of work for daily wages.

Nayan Kahar, the auto rickshaw driver, along with his father Ashok had accosted Parmar and thrashed him before turning him in at the Raopura police station. Kahar, in his complaint, had said that Parmar was trying to steal the money kept in the utility box of the rickshaw.
An official of Vadodara Police said that on verifying his credentials, Parmar was not found to have any previous criminal record.