AAP leaders Mahesh Savani (front seat) and Isudan Gadhvi (back) in the car which was allegedly attacked by miscreants
RAJKOT: Cross FIRs have been filed with Visavadar police on Thursday in the case of alleged attack on Aam Aadmi Party leaders and workers near Leriya village in Junagadh district on Wednesday. Both groups have leveled allegations of being attacked by each other using sharp-edge weapons in their plaints.
Investigation in this matter has been handed over to the local crime branch.
According to sources, in the FIR registered by AAP worker Haresh Savaliya a resident of Surat, a few people associated with BJP have been named as accused. In his complaint, Savaliya stated that AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi, Mahesh Savani, Pravin Ram, Atul Shekhda, Nimisha Khunt and 50 other workers were on their way to address a Jan Samvedna Yatra in Leriya village, when their convoy was attacked by a mob comrising 40 to 50 people. Attackers were using sticks, pipes and weapons like swords.
AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi and Mahesh Savani had a narrow escape
RAJKOT: In an attack on the convoy of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader near Leriya village in Visavadar taluka in Junagadh on Wednesday, miscreants pelted stones and ransacked three cars. While cops confirm one person was hurt in the incident, AAP claims that 10 people were injured in the attack.
AAP is organizing Jan Samvedna Yatra in various villages of Saurashtra wherein the party’s front row leaders including Isudan Gadhvi, industrialist Mahesh Savani and activist Prain Ram are leadingthe yatra.
According to sources, a mob of 40 to 50 people attacked one of the convoys that was heading to participate in a yatra in Leriya village with stones, sticks and other weapons. DySP PG Jadeja said “As per preliminary information, some members of the Brahmin community attacked an AAP car in which one party worker got injured.”
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