Overview
- Surgeons removed a 7.65 mm bullet from Range Forest Officer Sonal Solanki’s head, and doctors say she remains critical on ventilator support under 72-hour observation.
- Her four-year-old son was uninjured in the car and is being treated as a potential eyewitness whose statement may be recorded with family consent.
- Kamrej police booked RTO inspector Nikunj Goswami on attempted-murder and Atrocity Act charges following a complaint by Solanki’s brother, and officers say he is absconding with both phones switched off.
- Forensic teams have sent the recovered bullet for lab analysis, examined the vehicle and scene, and are verifying whether Goswami’s licensed revolver stored in Mehsana matches the projectile.
- Days before the shooting, Solanki reported finding a GPS tracker with a SIM in her car and accused her husband of harassment, and investigators are also reviewing CCTV footage from the route.