Firing in marriage procession: 6 booked

Rajkot: Six persons were booked for opening fire during a marriage procession of a retired policeman’s son in Vadharva village near Maliya on January 14.
Police booked the six after Morbi superintendent of police (SP) Karanjraj Vaghela had ordered an inquiry when several videos of the firing incident went viral on social media.
Maliya-Miyana police inspector GV Vania had summoned the family members to identify the persons who had opened fire and lodged an offence against them.
Those booked were Abhisheksinh Jadeja, Digpalsinh Zala, Dharmadeepsinh Jadeja, Anirudhsinh Jadeja, Mahavirsinh Jadeja and Vishwarajsinh Rana.
They had opened fire in the marriage procession of retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Kishoresinh Jadeja’s son Satyapalsinh at around 11pm. They had fired from 12 bore gun. Some of them had even opened fire while standing right beside the groom who was on a horse.
They were booked under Arms Act’s section 30 (contravention of licence or a rule made under the Arms Act for which no punishment is provided elsewhere in the act.)