This story is from April 18, 2020

Stones pelted at cops in Patan

Stones pelted at cops in Patan
An injured cop receiving treatment in hospital on Friday
Palanpur: A day after Siddhpur police station inspector was attacked inside the police station, a mob of around 60-70 persons launched an assault on cops in Patan town’s Mira Park and Mira Darwaza areas over enforcement of lockdown on Friday evening.
The mob resorted to heavy stone pelting in which police inspector Chirag Gosai of B-division police station suffered head injuries.
Patan superintendent of police (SP) Akshayraj Makwana said additional reinforcement was called and police teams carried out house-to-house searches to nab the attackers. Some dozen people who had escaped into the narrow bylanes have been arrested, he said.
“There have been attacks on cops home guards, volunteers of gram rakshak dal in the last three to four days. We will take stringent action against the miscreants,” Makwana added.
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