Rajkot: 82-year-old rammed by SUV

RAJKOT: An 82-year-old man was rammed by an SUV allegedly by two assailants in Kukama village of Bhuj taluka in Kutch district on Tuesday evening.

Police said after Kuldeepsinh Rathod and Ajitsinh Jadeja hit Juvansinh Sodha with the vehicle, Sodha’s one leg had to be amputated and the other leg was fractured.

According to the police, the attack was the result of an old enmity between the accused and Sodha’s son Savaisinh Sodha. Ten days ago, Rathod, his brother Ajaysinh Rathod and Jadeja were sitting on Sodha’s verandah and used foul language. Savaisinh asked them to go away.

Next day, when Savaisinh took up the issue with the Rathod’s father Hanubha, an altercation broke out between them, in which Savaisinh allegedly slapped Hanubha.

Nursing a grudge against Savaisinh and his family, the accused decided to teach him a lesson and committed the crime.