Three held for burglaryNavrangpura police said it had solved about 24 cases of burglary with the arrest of three persons on Saturday. Police said that they became suspicious about the trio - Manilal Gangaji Patel, Manilal alias Maniyo Gomji and Manilal Mavji Ninama, all residents of Kanji Rabarini chali, Jadavnagar - when they tried to flee from Navrangpura bus station after seeing the police. Police recovered stolen goods worth Rs 20,000 from them. During interrogation, they admitted involvement in about 24 burglaries in Navrangpura, Ellisbridge, Ghatlodia and Naranpura police station areas. Police said the three worked as domestics and in tea stalls during the day time and broke into houses and shops at night.Free campA free camp for the disabled was held in Gandhinagar by the Bharat Vikas Parishad on Sunday. Governor Sundar Singh Bhandari, who distributed equipment to about 232 physically challenged persons, said it was necessary to give the disabled the same status in society as physically fit persons.Youth WingThe Youth Wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, at its zonal meeting held on Sunday, passed a unanimous resolution condemning Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy's anti-Narmada dam writings.AppealThe Ahmedabad-based All India Khaksar Movement has urged the State Government to provide monetary assistance to all those persons affected by the communal violence in the city. In a letter to State Home Minister Haren Pandya, it said the injured should get Rs 50,000 each, the family of those killed should be given Rs 2 lakh each and upto Rs 5 lakh should be given to those persons whose shops have been looted or burnt in the violence.Book releaseNarmada Development Minister Jaynarayan Vyas on Sunday released the Gujarati book titled `Aam Aadmini ST, Aam Aadmino chairman' published by former State Transport Chairman Vinodchandra Shah, a release issued by the felicitation Committee said.
