Goa Cong wing to send bangles to Modi, Shah

Cops hunt for 3 more over attack on Rahul

Panaji, Aug. 6: The women’s wing of the Goa Congress has said it will send bangles to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah to protest the attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s car in Gujarat.

The Gujarat police had on Saturday arrested a person, identified as Jayesh Darji alias Anil Rathod, for allegedly throwing a stone at Mr Gandhi’s car in Banaskantha district on Friday when he was on a visit to the flood-hit areas.

Congress leaders claimed that Darji was a local office-bearer of the BJP’s youth outfit.

“We are sending boxes of bangles, which we have collected from our homes, to Prime Minister Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and the persons who threw stones at our leader’s car,” Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee president Pratima Coutinho told reporters here on Saturday.

She said throwing stones was a cowardly act against the person who had gone to console the people suffering due to the floods.

“India is a democratic country. Anybody can go anywhere without fear,” Ms Coutinho said. Ahmedabad, Aug. 6: The Gujarat police is searching for three more persons allegedly involved in the attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s car in Banaskantha district.

Local Congress members claimed the three persons have been identified as Bhagwandas Patel, Mor Singh Rao and Mukesh Thakkar.

They are associated with the ruling BJP and are among the conspirators of the attack, the Congress members alleged.

The police had arrested Jayesh Darji, an office-bearer of the BJP’s youth wing, on Saturday after his name cropped up during investigation, an official said.

“We are trying to track down three more persons, who are on the run. Their names came up during the investigation into the attack on Gandhi’s vehicle,” said a Dhanera circle police officer.