3 teenagers, mothers held for rioting over kite

One of the accused , Shoaib Shaikh 17 caught hold of a kite belonging to one Surya Darji8217;s son, Sunny 16.

8220;Shoaib refused to hand over the kite to Sunny as the twine was severed. Akshay came to take the kite from Shoaib, and the latter thought that he had come to hit him. Later, two of Shoaib8217;s cousins, Saddam Ghanchee and Siraj Ghanchee joined him and beat up Akshay,8221; said Bhoi.

He said that when Surya saw her son getting bashed up by Shoaib and his cousins, she and some other men rushed to his rescue. 8220;However, Siraj and Saddam8217;s mothers, Ruqiyyah and Shukra and Shukra8217;s husband Ismail reached the spot and injured one of the gram rakshaks .8221;

Ismail Ghanchee is now absconding.

Incidentally, this is not the first time that parents have been found bickering over a fight involving their children. In July, parents fought over a ball entering a temple premises near Kalol at Kashimabad, which later assumed a communal colour.