Rajkot: As many as 11 members of Bhistivad gang were booked under Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime (GCTOC) in Rajkot on Friday.
Of the gangsters, six were arrested on Friday, four were already lodged in Rajkot Central Jail, while the leader of the Bhistivad gang Aizaz Khiyani has been declared an absconder. The gang has been named after Bhistivad locality of Rajkot from where the gang members come.
Of the gangsters, two had allegedly attacked a team of Pradyumannagar police station on Kuvadava Road on Thursday.
Those booked under the GCTOC included Aizaz Khiyani, Mirjad Khiyani, Sartaj Khiyani alias Rajan, Majid Junach, Imran Menu, Riyaz Dal, Rizwan Dal, Yasin Kaida, Shahrukh Juneja, Majid Bhanu and Mustafa Khiyani.
“We detained Mirjad, Sartaj, Majid, Imran, Majid Bhanu and Mustafa on Friday. Of these accused, Bhanu and Mustafa allegedly attacked the team of Pradyumannagar police station by pelting stones at them. We caught both of them after giving them a chase. After nabbing them, we booked all the other accused under the GCTOC and detained the remaining four of them,” said Manoharsinh Jadeja, deputy commissioner of police, Rajkot west.
The accused will be formally be arrested once they undergo the mandatory Covid-19 test.
There have been 76 offences registered against the Bhistivad gang in the past one decade. The offences range from assault on police, murder, attempt to murder and issuing threats to arms dealing, rioting, criminal intimidation, vandalism and extortion.
Aziz has a dozen cases registered against him, followed by Mirjad (6), Sartaj (3), Menu (9), Bhanu (6), Riyaz (6), five each against Rizwan, Yasin and Mustafa and Shahrukh (4).
“The property of the accused will be attached and those who have supplied arms and ammunition to the accused will too be arrested,” said Jadeja.