Even after the State Government’s announcement to set up trial court to give justice to victims of Una incident, the protest to take stern action against the accused continued on Tuesday as five more people attempted suicide and one constable died in mob attack.
The constable — Pankaj Amarolia, 42, got injured while trying to control violent mob in Amreli. He was admitted to a local hospital where he succumbed to injury on Tuesday evening. Sources informed that three persons consumed some poisonous substance in Bantva town in Junagadh district. Dilip Jesingbhai Parmar, 21, Rasik Virabhai Vinjhuda, 40, and Dinesh Rajabhai Vegda, 23, were immediately rushed to the Civil Hospital in Junagadh. Beside, two other tried to commit suicide in Gondal town of Rajkot district.
The wave of protest spread more as mob set on fire three ST buses in Dhoraji and Dhrol towns of Saurashtra region. Protestors also vandalised a telephone exchange in Rajkot. Incidences of stone pelting on ST buses reported in another Saurashtra town Amreli. During a rally of Dalits as many as 12 people injured including seven cops as the police tried to stop mob involved in stone pelting on vehicles.
In the past couple of days nearly 500 people were arrested in the State by the police in order to maintain law and order situation in Gujarat. OBC Ekta Manch presidents Alpesh Thakore, along with 40 of his supporters, were taken into police custody when they staged a dharna in the premises of the Ahmedabad district collector. They were shifted to the police headquarters and subsequently freed
A massive five km long traffic jam on Rajkot — Jamnagar highway was resulted following the large number of Dalits set on Dharana on the outskirts of Rajkot. As part of precautionary measure, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) had to cancel several buses in Saurashtra region.