One injured in firing between police, ‘gangsters’ in Gujarat’s Navsari

During the exchange, one accused person sustained injuries, and the SMC team arrested four accused persons, including Yashsingh Sundersingh of Haryana, Rishabh Ashok Sharma of Madhya Pradesh, and Manish Kaluram Kumawat and Madan Gopiram Kumawat, both residents of Rajasthan.

The SMC said they seized three country-made pistols and twenty-seven live rounds from the possession of the accused.

The situation was subsequently brought under control and the accused were taken for treatment. Officials said an FIR would be filed in the case at the SMC police station in Gandhinagar. The accused are likely to be booked for attempt to murder and under the Arms Act amid other sections, sources said. Further investigation is underway.

According to a statement by SMC SP Mayur Chavda, “Inspector C H Panara had received information that dangerous persons from neighbouring states had entered Gujarat with illegal weapons, and so the SMC team reached the Mahadev Temple in Gandevi, where they spotted the four men.”

On spotting the police personnel, one of the four men allegedly fired two shots at the SMC vehicle, after which PI C H Panara fired two shots from his government-issued pistol. One of Inspector Panara’s bullets allegedly hit Yashsingh Sundersingh in the leg.

The statement said, “The four men attempted to escape but the SMC team successfully managed to apprehend all of them within the premises of the parking lot itself.”

During questioning, they learnt that Yashsingh and Rishabh had allegedly transported weapons across state lines from MP and had reached Navsari by train. Madan had allegedly joined them from Rajasthan.

The SMC alleged that the fourth accused, Manish, had gathered the other three in Navsari in order to plan a crime. However, the SMC said they are still investigating which crime they were allegedly planning to commit.

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