Seven booked for threatening BJP councillor in Jamnagar

Rajkot: Seven persons were booked for allegedly threatening a BJP councillor in Jamnagar over a petty issue on Monday night. According to police, Gopal Sorathiya, 57, who was also former deputy mayor of Jamnagar, lodged a complaint against seven persons including Akram Yusuf Safiya, Imran Makrani, Mustaq Safiya, Kasam Bloch and three unidentified assailants.
As per the complaint, the incident took place at 7:30 pm on Tuesday when Sorathiya along with other Patel community leaders were making preparations for a community isolation centre in Ranjeet Nagar.Akram allegedly passed through the narrow lane with his horse cart at top speed. When they asked him to slow down, an angry Akram reportedly denied reducing his horse cart speed.
“After a few minutes, he called in his assailants to the spot near Ranjeet Nagar and approached Sorathiya with a knife. Akram allegedly threatened to kill Sorathiya if he attempted to stop him from passing through the road,” said cops.