The police have ascertained the identity of eight of the nine passengers, who belonged to different cities and were said to be headed to Ahmedabad and some to Deesa in Banaskantha.
The driver of the oil tanker has been arrested for negligence and culpable homicide not amounting to murder, while the deceased driver of the LUV has also been booked under the same sections.
Asked about Union minister and BJP Rajkot Lok Sabha candidate Parshottam Rupala s allegedly objectionable comments against the Kshatriya community, Gehlot claimed he had heard from others that the former had a habit of making such statements that enraged different groups.