Three held for stoking religious sentiments

Rajkot: A day after posters of a revered saint of the Bhoy community in Jamnagar city were found desecrated in public places, police on Wednesday night arrested two accused and detained a minor boy while launching a probe in the case.
According to the police, they caught Sakir Khilji, 22, Minaq Ajarmi and a 17-year-old boy, all residents of Jamnagar city in the case. Sakir Khilji, who operates printing business in Jamnagar, had allegedly printed the posters and pasted the offensive material on public walls in Jamnagar’s Subhash market.
After the posters came into light, community members informed the police and demanded immediate arrest of the accused. Police went through CCTV footage from the market shops and zeroed-in on the accused and arrested them.
Gold chain worth Rs 1.75 lakh snatched
Rajkot: Two unidentified bike-borne men snatched a gold chain from a woman’s neck in Jamnagar on Wednesday evening. Harshida Dama, 53, a resident of Ekta Apartment in Nand Dham society, lodged a complaint against unidentified persons for snatching her chain worth Rs1.75 lakh when she was on her way to purchase vegetables.