A youth was allegedly crushed to death by a car early on Monday and another was injured when the duo tried to help two persons who were allegedly hit by the same car over a business rivalry, police said.
Police said the deceased identified as Arvind Chauhan, 43, was standing near Jivraj Cross Road around 5am when he saw two persons on a motorbike were hit by a car and went to help them.
Following the incident, a first information report (FIR) was registered at Vasna police station by one Raju Vanzara, the person allegedly hit by the car. According to Vanzara, Dasarath Ode, a business rival, hit him and his two cousins with his four-wheeler over a dispute when they were passing from Jivraj Mehta Hospital in Paldi.
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Vanzara told police that he got involved in a verbal spat with the accused, his son and his son-in-law earlier on Monday over a sand contract for a residential complex in the Paldi area and alleged that they threatened him not to carry out business.
As per Vanzara, when two people, who were later identified as Arvind Chauhan and Hirabhai Vala rushed to help him after being hit by the car that Ode was driving, they were mowed down by the accused.
While Vala had a narrow escape, Chauhan was crushed to death on the spot, police said.
As per the FIR registered, “First, the car hit the Vanzara and his cousins and later ran over Chauhan. Chauhan was brought to Jivraj Mehta Hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries,” said M M Chaudhary, police inspector, Vasna police station.
Chaudhary said that injured persons are being treated at the hospital while they have booked Ode, his son Dhruvin and his son-in-law Vinod on the charges of murder, attempt to murder and conspiracy under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Police said that the deceased belonged to the scheduled caste and members of the Dalit community staged a protest near Jivraj Mehta Hospital.
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