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Two arrested for obstructing AMC officials from removing stray cattle
When contacted, Patel said that unknown men threw stones at the driver of the AMC vehicle but missed.
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According to the FIR, around 8.45 pm on Wedneday, when the drive to remove stray cattle from the road was in progress, Desai came in a bike and started steering the cows present on the road with a wooden stick.
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Two arrested for obstructing AMC officials from removing stray cattle
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Two persons were arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly obstructing Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials from removing stray cattle from the roads in Nikol.
The accused has been identified as Raj Desai (22), a resident of Bapunagar, and Lalabhai Rabari, a resident of Nikol. They have been booked under sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 294 (b) (obscene acts and songs) and 114 (abettor present when the offence is committed) of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR was lodged on the basis of a police complaint filed by Ashish Patel, a sanitary inspector at AMC.
According to the FIR, around 8.45 pm on Wedneday, when the drive to remove stray cattle from the road was in progress, Desai came in a bike and started steering the cows present on the road with a wooden stick. He also came in front of the AMC vehicle, hurled abuses, quarrelled with civic officials and chased the cows away, the FIR added.
When contacted, Patel said that unknown men threw stones at the driver of the AMC vehicle but missed.
This is the third FIR lodged since September at Nikol police station on the basis of a compliant filed by the AMC alleging obstruction of duty when civic officials were removing stray cattle. The other FIRs were lodged on September 5 and 29.
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