This story is from October 27, 2017

Mob attacks police station in Dahod village, one dies in firing

Mob attacks police station in Dahod village, one dies in firing
Vehicle torched outside police station in Jeswada village on Thursday
VADODARA: One person died and at least two others seriously injured as violence broke out in Jeswada village of Dahod’s Garbada taluka on Thursday after one of the brothers of a robbery accused died soon after police let him off after questioning.
Sources said that one Ramsu Mohaniya, a resident of Usarva village had died due of gunshot wounds but it was not clear whether this happened in police firing or private firing.
One of the two injured was rushed to Vadodara’s SSG Hospital as his condition deteriorated while another was being treated at a private hospital in Dahod.
Panchmahal Range IG Brijesh Kumar Jha told TOI: “We have also got reports of the death of this person and we are trying to confirm.”
A huge mob tribal residents of the nearby Chilakota village and surrounding areas gheraoed the Jeswada police station and started pelting stones. They even charred a police vehicle, forcing the cops to lob tear gas shells and firing to control the situation.
Police had picked up up two persons - Kanesh Gamar and Raju Gamar – for interrogation from Chilakota on Wednesday night. The persons were brothers of Naresh Gamar, an accused wanted in the series of robbery offences. Kanesh and Raju were found at Naresh’s house on Wednesday night when the police reached there on receiving a tip-off that Naresh had come home.
Kanesh and Raju were taken away by the team of policemen comprising of personnel of the parole and furlough squad and were questioned. The duo was dropped back at their village and Kanesh died immediately after reaching home. His family alleged that he was beaten up and died due to the injuries.

The family and residents of Chilawada demanded that a murder offence should be registered against the policemen. They brought Kanesh’s body to the Jesawada police station and insisted that they would not take it for cremation till an offence was registered.
Earlier, SP Prem Singh told TOI that the mobs were dispersed and Kanesh’s body was sent for an autopsy.
Singh said that after being interrogated, the men were dropped back in the presence of some village elders. “When the allegations were made by the family, we explained the procedures to them and the body was brought to the police station. But a mob later surrounded the police station and started pelting stones,” Singh said.
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