3 accused of attempted murder held in Amreli

Rajkot: Amreli police on Thursday arrested three accused, including a driver employed with the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), who were on the run since July 5. The three were booked for attempt to murder after they fired at and assaulted a 52-year-old resident of Amreli’s Maninagar earlier this month.
“We have arrested all the three accused in this case and seized a pistol from their possession and a bullet used in the crime,” a police official said.
After Bipin Jethwa, a tailor, lodged a complaint against Raghu Dhandhal, a driver with GSRTC, and two others — Rajendra Gohel and Devang Bavaji — the cops booked the three for attempted murder, criminal conspiracy and Arms Act for the crime on July 5.
A day before, Jethwa along with his family was travelling in an Amreli-Somnath route GSRTC bus which was being driven by Dhandhal. Alarmed by the rash driving of Dhandhal, Jethwa asked him to drive safely which angered the driver who threatened to kill him.
Next day, Dhandhal along with Gohel and Bavaji attacked Jethwa at his shop. They first fired two rounds at him and later assaulted him with iron pipes.