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Sleuths from the police and CID Crime Departments raided the residences of the accused and arrested them in the wee hours, police said in Rajkot adding the MLA's brother was also held in the same connection.
Unidentified persons had fired at Desai, also a local BJP leader, on the night of September three, while he was returning home.
When they realised that the bullet had missed Desai, the miscreants assaulted him with a knife and disappeared in the dark.
Desai, who was seriously injured, was first taken to the civil hospital in Gondal and later brought to Rajkot civil hospital, where he was immediately operated, police added.
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