AHMEDABAD: Naroda police on Saturday arrested six men and rounded up a minor for allegedly thrashing three cops. A video clip of the cops being beaten by a bootlegger and his aides in Naroda on Thursday had gone viral.
Police said that after the video emerged, a complaint was lodged and the local crime branch, Naroda cops, and the city crime branch launched a massive search operation for the assaulters.
The six have been identified as Jignesh alias Jigo Solanki, Baldev Solanki, Umesh Vanzara, Anil alias Kali Solanki, Bholo alias Navdeep Sindhe, and Pankaj Thakore. The minor involved in the attack has been rounded up.
Naroda police took the accused to the spot and carried out necessary procedures. The cops said that the AMC has been asked to demolish an illegal construction of the accused.
The three cops were attacked when they went to a place near the Naroda ST workshop to nab the brother of the bootlegger Jignesh. On seeing the cops, the bootlegger and his aides first pelted stones. As the cops began running away, the accused chased them down, tore the shirt off one of the cops, and began the attack. The video shows the cops being punched, kicked, and abused by the accused.
A complaint has been lodged with Naroda police.
