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The detection of crime branch (DCB) of Rajkot city police had earlier arrested the accused on July 7. (Representative image) RAJKOT: A senior citizen couple was brutally thrashed in their house in Faddang village of Rajkot district by five persons against whom they had lodged a complaint of extortion. The victim Vallabh Khunt suffered fractures and he was hospitalized along with his wife who too suffered injuries. Kuvadava Road police station sources said Khunt lodged a complaint of attempted murder against Shivku alias Shivraj Vala, Mahip Chavda and three unidentified persons. On Sunday afternoon, Vala and others barged inside with sticks and other sharp weapons and asked me why I had lodged a complaint against him for extortion. They started thrashing me, and when my wife tried to intervene, they attacked her too. They even threatened to kill my son if I reported this assault to police, Khunt, a land broker and farmer, said in his complaint. ....
Three of the accused in police custody Rajkot: Acting on a kidnapping and extortion complaint lodged by a farmer of Faddang village, the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) of Rajkot city police on Wednesday arrested four persons, including a minor boy. Those arrested were identified as Shivraj Vala (19), Gaurava Hirani (21), Lalji Rank (21), and a minor boy. Hirani and Rank are residents of Bagasara town of Amreli while Vala is a native of Faddang village and lives in Surat. “On July 3, Vala and his associates kidnapped Khunt from his village and demanded Rs 15 lakh while threatening to kill him. Scared by the revolver that was pointed towards him, Kunth paid Rs 3.85 lakh to the accused. Later, he approached the police and lodged a complaint,” police said. ....