This story is from April 20, 2021

Fight over mango theft leads to rioting in Navsari village

Fight over mango theft leads to rioting in Navsari village
Police fired a few rounds in the air to disperse the mob on Sunday
Surat: A fight over theft of mangoes from an orchard snowballed into rioting in Navsari district’s Kachholi village on Sunday midnight, forcing police to fire few rounds in the air to disperse the unrelenting mob.
A deputy superintendent of police (DySP) was also injured in stone pelting.
The mob went berserk as it wanted to avenge the attack on three persons for stealing mangoes from an orchard on previous day.

Police said that Kalpesh Talaviya, Dinesh Hadpati and Tejas Chaudhary were allegedly beaten on April 17 for stealing mangoes from the orchard of one Nimesh Naik. On Sunday night, a mob of over 50 people was on its way to Naik’s house when police reached the village to avoid any untoward incident.
“We requested them to lodge a complaint against the attackers, but they refused and were raging in anger,” said sub-inspector P H Kachhwaha of Gandevi police station.
Additional force led by DySP S J Rana and Bilimora circle police inspector M B Rathod was called in to control the situation. “Senior officials tried to convince the group, but they refused to relent and instead hurled abuses at us and the attackers,” Kachhwaha added.

As the cops too did not move from there, the group started pelting stones in which Rana suffered injuries on his head. As stone pelting continued, Kachhwaha and another sub-inspector fired four rounds from their service guns in the air. A few minutes later the mob dispersed and Rana had to be taken to hospital where he was administered three stitches. Other cops too suffered minor injuries.
“We have detained 17 rioters and conducted their Covid-19 tests. Once their report arrives, we will formally arrest them,” said Rathod. Besides the 17 detainees, 30 to 40 unidentified persons have been booked for attempt to murder, rioting, assault, deterring public servant from performing duties and criminal conspiracies among other charges.
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