Dalit Cong leader and family booked under Gujarat Terror Act after threatening to convert to Islam
Gandhinagar: Three weeks after threatening to convert to Islam if no action was taken against Gondal BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja and her husband over an alleged assault on his son, Congress Dalit leader Rajesh alias Raju Solanki and four of his family members have been charged under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act. The police accused them of running a crime syndicate since 2014.
Inspector JJ Patel of the Local Crime Branch in Junagadh filed an FIR under Sections 3(1)(2), 3(4) of the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act and the Arms Act at a Division Police Station, Junagadh. The complaint lists Raju, his brother Jayesh alias Javo alias Savan Solanki, his sons Sanjay and Dev, and his nephew Yogesh Bagda as accused. Raju, his two sons, and his nephew have been arrested, while Jayesh remains in judicial custody for an attempt to murder case involving a doctor.
The FIR highlights multiple previous criminal cases against the family members, including attempted murder, assaulting policemen, theft, robbery, rioting, extortion, kidnapping, and criminal intimidation over the past decade. The police described Raju as the gang's leader, citing the registration of numerous cases against each family member.
The charges follow Raju's threat on July 11 to convert to Islam if the state government did not act against the accused MLA and her husband, Jayrajsinh. The threat was made after Raju's son, Sanjay, allegedly faced assault, kidnapping, and threats from a group of 11 men, including the MLA's son, Jyotiradityasinh alias Ganesh.
Superintendent of Police Harshad Mehta denied that the charges were retaliatory, stating that the accused had a history of criminal activities and that the recent Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act charges were based on these findings. He noted that despite the high-profile nature of the case, the accused continued their criminal activities, including a recent assault on a doctor by Jayesh and others.
A chargesheet has already been filed against the 11 accused in the assault on Sanjay, who is the president of the Junagadh city unit of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the Congress's student wing.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
