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“The operation was jointly carried out by SOG officials and the Devgadh Baria police. We raided Chauhan’s residence, but he managed to escape. When we were following him, we found Baria having dinner at a farmhouse that belonged to Chauhan and arrested him,” said Circle Police Inspector J P Sukhadia.
The police will produce him before a local court on Monday for his judicial remand. Baria, according to the police, was named along with Chauhan for killing several Muslims at Lunawada, Devgadh Baria, Shehra and other areas during the statewide riots.
“Baria had allegedly led mobs of 200 in a jeep, damaging a mosque and setting ablaze nearly 35 houses in Lunawada and other towns in Panchmahals and Dahod districts,” added Sukhadia. The police said that Chauhan’s house had been raided six times. He is also accused of making derogatory remarks on Congress president Sonia Gandhi during a Lok Sabha election meeting at Lunawada.
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