Ahmedabad: Section 144 imposed in Shahpur area in Ahmedabad district after a youth succumbed to bullet injuries on Monday that he sustained in police firing to disperse the crowd on Sunday late evening. The people gathered outside the VS hospital protesting against the police.



The deceased is identified as Asraf Khan (20). The situation became tense in Shahpur following the news of Asraf’s death. Additional forces from Vadodara and more companies of rapid action force (RAF) have been deployed in the city.



A police team that went to Shahpur on Sunday after they intercepted a vehicle carrying calves to slaughter houses ahead of Bakra or Eid al-Adha for sacrifice. The people of the minority community pelted stones at the police team undertaking a combing operation ahead of the festival. A senior police officer along with five police personnel was injured. The police fired 5 rounds and 75 tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.



In Gujarat killing of cow progeny is banned by law and is a punishable offence.

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