Ahmedabad:

A man and his wife were arrested in Ahmedabad in Gujarat after they sped off in their SUV with a policeman perched precariously on the bonnet of the vehicle as the couple tried to flee during a combing drive, an official said on Sunday.

The policeman was injured in the legs and hands and narrowly escaped being run over by a dumper after he fell off from the bonnet due to the SUV’s speed, he added.

“The driver tried to run over policemen when he was signalled to stop during a combing drive at 11:15pm on Saturday. In order to stop them, police personnel Nitesh Ramji clung on to the bonnet of the car. He was dragged for some distance by the SUV, leaving him with injuries on the hands and legs. When he fell, he was in danger of being crushed by a dumper, which braked in time,” the Chandkheda police station official said.

“Another policeman, who held on to the top of the half-opened window on the driver’s side, was also thrown off as the vehicle gathered speed. The man and his co-occupant, who is his wife, have been arrested on charges of attempt to murder and causing grievous hurt to a public servant. The woman had signalled to her husband to speed away,” the official informed.

Further probe into the incident is underway, the Chandkheda police station official said.

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Ahmedabad:

Two workers died and seven were hospitalised after they inhaled toxic fumes at a textile factory in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad on Sunday, police said.

The incident occurred at Devi Synthetics in the Narol industrial area of the city.

Nine workers inhaled toxic fumes that leaked when spent acid was being transferred into a tank at the factory, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Ravi Mohan Saini said.

“Police received information around 10.30 am that nine persons were affected due to a toxic gas leak in a factory in Narol and were taken to LG Hospital, where two died,” he said.

Seven workers are hospitalised, of whom four are critical and are being treated in the ICU, he said.

A preliminary investigation revealed that spent acid, used in the printing and dyeing industry, was being transferred into a tank when the workers nearby were affected, he said.

The official said a team from the police, Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), industrial safety and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) officials reached the site and started probing the exact cause.

Industrial safety and FSL officials are probing to find out if the factory followed due procedures regarding NOC, etc., and police will take action based on their report, he said.

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