Paldi shoot-out : Accused sent to 8-day police remand

AHMEDABAD: A magisterial court on Monday sent two accused in the Paldi shoot-out case Jagdish alias Vijay Prabhulal Chauhan and Arun alias Boss Ambarai Deshmukh to eight-day police remand after the city crime branch sought their remand.

The shoot-out had taken place in Paldi-Bhattha on January 18 this year, when four burglars were spotted by the police. They had opened fire and a doctor Kirit Shah sustained serious injuries in the shoot-out.

Police officials had nabbed Sanjay alias Babloo Koli from Indore immediately after the shoot-out. Babloo had even tried to take a minor boy hostage at gunpoint in a bid to escape. But he could not succeed as people overpowered him. Meanwhile, Chauhan and Deshmukh were caught by Godhra police and city crime branch brought them to Ahmedabad on transfer warrant.