Overview
- An FIR filed at Paliyad police station names 65 people, including AAP leaders Raju Karpada and Pravin Ram, over Sunday’s violence in Hadadad village of Botad.
- Police report 62 arrests so far and say 70 detained residents were questioned and released, while senior AAP leaders named in the case had not been arrested by Monday night.
- The clash erupted during an AAP-organised kisan mahapanchayat, with police alleging stone pelting and using teargas and lathicharge, leaving at least three officers injured.
- Authorities say the gathering was illegal and initially reported about 20 detentions as combing operations continued and the situation was brought under control.
- AAP alleges mass detentions exceeding 250, house arrests of leaders, and home entries by police, tying the protests to farmers’ grievances over the alleged ‘kadada pratha’ at the Botad APMC.