Rajkot Rape Suspect Shot in Both Legs During Police Evidence Visit

Overview

• Officers say 35-year-old Ramsingh Dadvejar attacked a policeman with an iron rod during a field visit in Atkot, prompting two policemen to fire and injure him in both legs.
• One policeman suffered hand and chest injuries, and both the accused and the injured officer received treatment at local hospitals before the accused was shifted to Rajkot Civil Hospital.
• Dadvejar had been arrested in connection with the December 4 assault on a minor in a Kanpar village field, and a court remanded him to police custody until December 15.
• The child is under treatment at the government children’s hospital in Rajkot and is reported to be in stable condition.
• Police say they formed multiple teams and used CCTV footage and telecom data to identify the suspect, and a case has been registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the POCSO Act.