RAJKOT: BJP corporator Anil Rathod, 44, has been arrested for attempting to murder BJP woman corporator Jaishree Dodia and her husband Kiritsinh Dodia on Friday.
Police said the incident occurred when the Dodias were returning from a flag-hoisting ceremony of Independence Day at a school. “While Kiritsinh was driving a scooter, Jaishree was riding pillion. When the couple had just crossed the school’s gate they were intercepted by a car from which Rathod and three other unidentified assailants came out armed with baseball bats, swords and sticks,” said an official from the B-Division police station, where the case has been registered.
Rathod along with his accomplices attacked the Dodia couple. Jaishree was rendered unconscious after she was hit repeatedly with a revolver butt by Rathod. After the attack, Rathod and his accomplices fled from the spot, while the Dodia couple approached the police for complaint. After registering their complaint, police booked Rathod and his accomplices for attempt to murder under sections 307, 504, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code and section 135 (1) of the Gujarat Police Act.
Swinging into action, police arrested Rathod and his three accomplices within hours of the crime on Friday night. Police have also seized the weapons including the revolver and car used in the attack. Police, however, are yet to ascertain the identities of Rathod’s accomplices.
Meanwhile, sources in the Rajkot police attributed the attack to old political rivalry between Rathod and Jaishree.
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