Gujarat IAS officer held hostage, thrashed during inspection of fisheries project; 3 held

Gujarat IAS officer held hostage, thrashed during inspection of fisheries project; 3 held

Gujarat IAS officer held hostage, thrashed during inspection of fisheries project; 3 held

Three people were arrested for allegedly keeping a Gujarat IAS officer hostage while he was on a visit to a village near the Dharoi dam in the Sabarkantha district of the state.

The officer, identified as Nitin Sangwan, was also thrashed by a group of men associated with fishing activity.

According to the police, it is suspected that the detection of alleged irregularities in a fisheries project led to the incident.

Sangwan, who serves as the Director of Fisheries, was accompanied by his subordinate staff during the visit to the village on Monday (March 6), and suffered injuries in the attack, but was out of danger now, Sabarkantha district superintendent of police (DSP) Vishal Vaghela told PTI.

Police have arrested three people for their alleged involvement in the attack on the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, he said.

"Efforts were on to identify and nab the other accused," Vaghela told PTI.