RAJKOT: A sessions court in Bhuj rejected the bail application of gangster Nikhil Donga and six others on Thursday after the police, in its affidavit opposing the bail plea, stated that the gangster escaped from the jail with an aim to kill former Gondal MLA Jayrajsinh Jadeja.
Donga has been in jail since April 1, when he was arrested from Nainital after escaping from Palar jail in Bhuj in March.
The six other accused have been charged under various sections for helping Donga escape from jail.
Additional sessions judge M M Patel junked the bail plea of the gangster.
Deputy superintendent of police J N Panchal, who is also the investigation officer of the case, filed the affidavit opposing the bail application of the gangster which stated that Donga wanted to kill Jadeja, whose wife Geetaba is the incumbent BJP MLA from Gondal constituency.
Donga wanted to eliminate former Gondal MLA and BJP leader Jayrajsinh Jadeja and therefore, he and his assistants had escaped from the jail, the affidavit stated.
Initially, Donga’s gang planned his escape when the gangster was being taken to Jetpur court from the jail.
But the plan didn’t work out due to Covid-19 situation.
So, they changed their plan and Donga escaped from the prison ward of the hospital, the affidavit added.
Bhuj Police had arrested 13 accused, including five cops, for helping Donga escape from Bhuj’s G K General Hospital’s Prison ward in March this year.
He was later arrested from Uttarakhand’s Nainital on April 1 in a joint operation carried out by Local Crime Branch of Bhuj and Rajkot Rural police and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Ahmedabad.
Donga, a history-sheeter, had been lodged in Bhuj’s Palara jail since October last year.
He was arrested after it came to light that he hosted a ‘dinner’ for his aides inside the Gondal sub-jail in Rajkot district.
Donga, who has 117 cases registered against him, was running an extortion racket from inside Gondal jail.
He was booked under Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GujCTOC) Act.