The Panchmahal police have arrested six individuals amongst 9 members of a “terrorist gang” from Godhra who’ve been booked underneath the stringent Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GUJCTOC) Act. The police mentioned the members of the gang have 45 circumstances towards them pertaining to alleged cow slaughter, theft of automobiles and animals in addition to assault on cops since 2010.
The accused have been recognized as Sabbir Yakub Hayat and his son Mehfooz Sabir Hayat, Mobin Sayyed Hayat, Mohammad Hanif Yakub Hayat, Mehfooz alias Munna Hussain Badaam, Shabbir Abdul Rab Dav and his sons Muzaffar and Ashraf, and Yakub Ishaaq Daant.
Badaam was arrested final week in a case of tried cow slaughter and is in judicial custody in Godhra sub-jail, whereas Mehfooz Hayat and Mohammad Hanif are but to be apprehended.
The FIR registered at Godhra B Division police station on Sunday states, “The accused, as a way to proceed their unlawful actions for monetary revenue, use legal drive and deadly weapons to intimidate frequent folks and assault authorities officers on obligation. They additionally trigger injury to non-public properties. They create legislation and order issues and use terrorist means to instill concern within the minds of locals.”
Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Godhra, CC Khatana advised The Indian Express, “We have applied for a transfer warrant to get the custody of Munna Badaam… We have also formed teams to nab two others who are yet to be arrested… Of these, Sabir Hayat, aged about 55, has 25 cases against him pertaining to theft of vehicles, cow slaughter, illegal transportation of cattle, attack on police, and so on.”
“The nine accused have a total of 45 cases filed against them in the last ten years. They are related to each other and are a syndicate notorious for attacking police parties raiding suspected locations for cow slaughter or checking vehicles,” he added.
Khatana mentioned the group has additionally been booked for legal intimidation and assault of villagers and police informers in circumstances of cow slaughter raids. “This gang mainly operates in tribal districts like Panchmahal, Mahisagar, Dahod, Bharuch and so on… They have deployed men from Mewat in Haryana, who are known for stealing animals. They go around the villages of the districts and commit cattle theft for slaughter. The gang has been booked under the GUJCTOC Act, which also requires three cases to be filed against the members since 2019. Even that condition has been fulfilled. This is the first case in the state against an organized gang involved in illegal slaughter of animals.”
The GUJCTOC courtroom in Godhra remanded the six accused to seven days in police custody.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
