62-year-old woman dies during PCB raid in Amraiwadi

Ahmedabad: A 62-year-old woman living in the Shivanandnagar locality of the Amraiwadi area of the city died due to a possible cardiac arrest following an alleged scuffle with cops from the Prevention of Crime Branch (PCB) during a raid on Monday.
The Amraiwadi police registered a case of accidental death and began an inquiry into the case.
The PCB is a unit that directly comes under police commissioner G S Malik.Amraiwadi police inspector D V Hadat said that the deceased was identified as Ramila Darbar, whose house was raided during the early hours of Monday.
"PCB cops got a tip-off that a resident of Shivanandnagar named Hitesh Darbar was allegedly selling liquor from his house. They came to know that a huge stock of liquor had been unloaded at his home, following which a team raided Hitesh's house," said Hadat. He said that the PCB did not find anything during the raid, but Hitesh's mother, Ramila, was allegedly traumatised.
"When the cops were at her house, she suffered severe chest pain and collapsed. She was rushed to a hospital where she was declared brought dead," said Hadat. He said that Hitesh was caught in connection to prohibition cases twice and was also booked under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (PASA) Act around five months ago.
On the protest over Ramila's death, Hadat said, "Her family had made a representation against police excesses, but the issue was sorted out. They cremated her body on Monday afternoon."
CCTV footage around Hitesh's house showed four PCB cops entering the dwelling and searching for liquor. A video following Ramila's death, shot by one of her relatives, showed how cops left Hitesh's house in haste in a car without any numberplate.