Female constable attacked:
A female constable Ms. Anita More was attacked and her
uniform was torn apart by the female in the mob. One platoon
of State Reserved Police Force intervened and rescued this
female constable. By this time, the mob had become more
violent and frenzied and in all thirty-five police personnel were
badly injured in the process. As a last resort, the SRPF
personnel finally resorted to fire in the air in which twenty
rounds were fired.
In this firing, (1) Malik Ahmed Abdul Khaliq Momin (Age : 54), a
resident of Chindhisa Durgah, Jaitunpura and (2) Mohammad
Ramzan Mohammad Alam Qureshi (18) succumbed to their
lives and nine got injured.
In nutshell, on 5th July, 2006 a violent mob of 4,50 to 5,000
people under the aegis of Raza Academy attacked the police
station construction and attempted to flatten it.
8.4 Murder of two policemen:
8.4.1 Scenario in Bhiwandi before murder of policemen
Police fired twenty eight rounds after realizing that the mob of
4,500 to 5,000 was increasing becoming uncontrollable after
thirty five policemen got seriously injured including the DCP.
After two of the rioters fell to police bullets, the mob got
scattered and peace prevailed for a while. However, after a brief
lull, the mobs in various other localities of the town started
damaging the police outposts and set couple of state transport
buses on fire and even attacked police vehicles. The police made 22
hardly any attempt to bring the various mobs spearheading in
various localities under control.
8.4.2 Murder of police constables Gangurde & Jagtap :
A) Policemen who were murdered
1. Mr. Balu Sukhdev Gangurde – Police Naik - attached to
Narpoli Station, Age : 48, Buckle No. 4220.
2. Mr. Ramesh Yashwant Jagtap – Police Head Constable –
Bhoiwada Police Station, Age : 45, Buckle : 933.
Place of murder : -
Opp. Baug-E-Firdaus Mosque, Khandupada, Road, Bhiwandi
Wada Road, Old Agra Road, Bhiwandi.
C) Time of occurrence: 5th July, 2006 between 9 to 10 PM
D) Scenario at the scene of offence:
A State Transport Bus bearing No. MH – 20 – D – 7551 facing
West of Asiad Type bus is completely gutted in the fire – On
the rear left side of it, a Hero Honda Motor cycle bearing No.
MH – 04 - BE - 6614 lying in burnt condition – Also a four
wheel card turned turtle.