BJP youth wing leader Jayesh Darji, arrested for allegedly throwing a stone at the vehicle of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in flood-hit Banaskantha district, was on Sunday sent to judicial custody by a magisterial court. Dhanera judicial magistrate, first class, V S Thakor, sent Darji to jail, rejecting police's prayer for his four-day remand, additional public prosecutor Prakash Joshi said.
The judge also rejected the bail application of the accused, Joshi said. The Gujarat police has, meanwhile, launched a manhunt for three more persons allegedly involved in the attack. Police had arrested Darji after some local Congress workers identified him as the one who threw a concrete brick at the vehicle.
The opposition party members also claimed three more people were involved in the conspiracy to attack the Congress leader's vehicle. They have been identified as Bhagwandas Patel, Mor Singh Rao and Mukesh Thakkar.
Police said the three accused are absconding and efforts are on to apprehend them.
The police had on Saturday arrested Darji, an office-bearer of the BJP's youth wing in Banaskantha, after his name cropped up during investigation, an official said.
Gandhi, who was on a visit to the flood-affected Dhanera town in Banaskantha district in Gujarat on Friday, escaped unhurt after a brick was thrown at his car. Agencies