Visnagar Police gets Hardik Patel’s custody, leaves Surat with him

Surat

A team of Visnagar police today afternoon took custody of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS) agitation leader Hardik Patel from Surat and left for Visnagar. Hardik is in judicial custody in Surat based Lajpor prison in sedition case. Visnagar town is located in north Gujarat. Visnagar police had filed application for Hardik’s custody in criminal case in the month of October. The court in Surat today okayed Visnagar police’s plea for accused Hardik Patel’s transfer to Visnagar. Hardik is also facing another sedition case in Ahmedabad and one more police case pertaining to insulting Indian national flag in Rajkot. Hardik will be produced in Visnagar court tomorrow for offense registered in Visnagar police station. (DeshGujarat)


Will resume stir after coming out of jail: Hardik

Meanwhile, Hardik today said he will resume the agitation after he is released from jail and not even Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel can stall the protest.

“Whenever I will come out of jail, I will engage in our movement to get reservation. Till then I will spend my time in jail,” Hardik told media persons when he was being produced before a local court in Surat today.

“The agitation will continue as per our plans and no one can stop it, not even my aunt (Anandiben Patel),” said Hardik.

After he was produced before the court of Judicial Magistrate J B Rathod, his lawyer Yashwant Vala was given the copy of the charge sheet filed against him in the first sedition case on Friday last.

Since the case is triable in the sessions court, the district court has ordered to commit it in Surat sessions court where further hearing would take place on January 20.

In the 370-page charge sheet, Hardik has been charged under sections 124(A) – sedition, 115 (abetment of offence) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence) of the IPC.

To substantiate their case, police have also attached conversation of Hardik and others acquired through telephone interception. With the help of these, police want to prove that Hardik tried to incite youths to resort to violence during agitation.

A case of sedition was slapped against him in October last for his alleged controversial instigating a community youth to kill policemen instead of committing suicide.

Also, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch had filed a second separate case of sedition against Hardik and five of his associates. (PTI)