Vadodara, November 13: SAJID alias Single Chottu Pathan, the main accused in the stabbing of EME Subedaar Ramchandra Meena in the aftermath of the May 1 dargah demolition in Vadodara was arrested by the police on Monday.
The arrest was made in Yakutpura by the City Police personnel at about 11.30 am on Monday. Pathan was absconding since the incident. On Monday, after the police received information that Pathan was in Yakutpura, they managed to nab him.
An EME subedar, 35-year-old Ramchandra Meena was stabbed on May 2 in Yakutpura after violence erupted in the walled city area after the demolition of a dargah.
Two persons connected with the crime had been arrested earlier, but the police said that the actual stabbing was done by Pathan, a resident of Yakutpura. Pathan, a known offender, has even earlier been arrested under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for murder, among other things.
The dargah riots had claimed six lives, with two being stabbed to death, while Mohammed Rafiq Vora was lynched to death. The other three victims had died in private firing, according to police records. |