Hardik Patel arrested from jail in Surat by Kamrej police
December 06, 2015
Surat
The Kamrej police in Surat district today formally arrested jailed Patidar reservation stir leader Hardik Patel for his alleged role in the violent blockade of the national highway 60 at Kamrej on October 18 following his arrest in Rajkot the same day to prevent disruption in the India-South Africa ODI which was played there.
In-charge Police Inspector of Kamrej police station P N Patel said that Hardik, who is lodged in the Lajpore central jail here in connection with two cases of sedition against him, was brought to the police station for formal arrest and some primary investigation in the blockade case. He would later be produced before a local court in this connection.
It is understood that the main accused in the case who led the blockade in Kamrej and local patel stir leader Alpesh Kathiriya during his interrogation had revealed that the demonstration was staged on the instructions of Hardik.
-DeshGujarat
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