Gir green zone: BJP MLA booked for protest

“We have registered a case against him and eight others. Some the accused are nephews of Kotadiya. We shall soon summon the MLA and others,” Dhari police sub-inspector Mitesh Barot said Thursday.
By: Express News Service | Rajkot | Published:October 2, 2015 2:28 am

BJP MLA from Dhari Nalin Kotadiya and eight others have been booked for reportedly burning an effigy of the proposed Eco-Sensitive Zone around Gir forest.  Dhari police registered a case against Kotadiya and eight others on Wednesday evening after the MLA and his supporters allegedly burnt an effigy of the proposed green zone at Kubda village of Dhari taluka in Amreli district on Monday night. The MLA and his supporters have been booked under Section 135 of the Gujarat Police Act for organising a public event without prior permission of authorities.
“We have registered a case against him and eight others. Some the accused are nephews of Kotadiya. We shall soon summon the MLA and others,” Dhari police sub-inspector Mitesh Barot said Thursday.

Kotadiya had taken out a rally in Dhari on September 25, demanding 121 villages on the borders of Gir forest in Amreli not to be included in the proposed green zone. However, senior forest officers refuted claims of the MLA saying the proposed green zone does not extend up to 10 km as being claimed by Kotadiya and that the green zone norms are regulatory in nature and not prohibitory.

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