In a raid by the Local Crime Branch (LCB) and the Special Operations Group (SOG) in Rajkot LCB had apprehended several school and college students who were hosting an alcohol party at a farmhouse in Gundasara Village, Gondal Taluka, Rajkot.

Fourteen students were taken into custody, including nine minors. During the raid, authorities seized four bottles of liquor, one of which contained only 100 ml liquor, along with three empty bottles.

As part of the legal proceedings, police informed the parents of the minors and also arrested five other individuals at the scene. According to police sources, the students involved were aged between 17 and 19 years, with most in Class 12, while some were in college.

As the students' Diwali break had started, these students decided to have a party at the farmhouse, informing parents they were going for a night out.

Following the raid, the police had sent the students for medical check-ups at the Civil Hospital in Gondal.

Sources suggest that some of the parents pressured the police to release the children, however, all 14 of them were apprehended.

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