Tension prevailed in Ratlam town on Saturday after a local corporator of the Congress and vice-president of the State Mahila Congress Yasmin Sherani was shot at. The administration has clamped curfew in the town. The situation is reportedly still tense.
Sources said that two motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on Yasmin (50), who was entering the municipal corporation campus to attend her office as usual. Soon after committing the crime, the miscreants managed to flee the spot. She was fired at from behind and the bullet seemed to have penetrated from the backof her neck.
However, in the X-ray the bullet could not be found, which suggested that it exited from near her chin. After primary treatment, she was referred to Indore, where she has been admitted in Bombay hospital. Her condition is reportedly stable.leader of opposition at RMC and Congress corporator Nasir Qureshi said the assailants fired a single shot and Yasmin fell on the spot. She was rushed to the local primary health centre and from there she was referred to Bombay Hospital, Indore for further treatment.
Yasmin has been in the Congress since 1995 and at present she is RMC’s Deputy leader of Opposition.Tension prevailed in the town immediately after the incident. Congress party workers forced shopkeepers to shut their shops in station area. Heavy police force has been deployed after the incident.
later, in a major development, within two hours after the incident, two VHP workers Kapil Rathod and Vikram Rathod and their servant Govardhan were also shot at near Ratlam bus-stand. Kapil Rathod and Vikram Rathod died while they were on their way to the hospital. Govardhan is in a critical condition and has been referred to Indore for further treatment.