Nine held for clash over land in Ramol

AHMEDABAD: Nine persons were arrested on Monday by Ramol police in connection with the group clash that took place on Sunday.
According to Ramol police, Kiran Patel, a resident of Ghatlodia and builder by profession, filed a complaint against Mahesh Kushwaha, Kanaiyalal Rajput and 50 others for assault on Sunday. As per his complaint, his partner Sanjay Patel had bought a plot of land near Vastral ring road.In the last week, the construction workers on the site had complained that they were threatened by Mahesh Kushwaha's men to stall the construction and leave the spot.
"When Kiran Patel along with his partner Vinod Patel, a resident of Mehsana, went to the spot along with his men on Sunday, they were approached by Kushwaha and his men who started abusing them. Patel called the police control room after which the group attacked them with knives, lathis and other weapons. In the incident, Vinod Patel was stabbed in the stomach and back by unidentified assailants. Five rounds were also reported to have been fired at the spot," said a Ramol police official.
The officials said that working on a tip-off, they arrested Ajay Pande, Keshbhan Rao, Chandrashekhar Patel, Shambhusingh Yadav, Shashikant Pande, Raju Chauhan, Brij Keshav Rai, Mohan Kulshali and Kanaiyalal Rajput from their residences in Odhav and Rakhial. tnn
"We sought the papers of the disputed land and have also started a search for other assailants in the case," said the official.