Surat

It seems that the authorities of Lajpore central jail in Surat, where Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel is lodged since his arrest in connection with a sedition case in October last year, are fed up of with the ‘tantrums’ of the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) leader as they have now moved court with a request to transfer him to any other prison.

A petition was filed by Deputy Jail Superintendent V D Patil in the court of principal district and session judge Geetaben Gopi in this regard today. The court is likely to hear the matter on March 21.

Jail superintendent R M Pandey said that the step has been taken mainly because of his ill behaviour.

The petition has mentioned five points prominently as a ground for the transfer of the PAAS leader to another jail. It includes his alleged misbehaviour with the jail authorities and the doctor, the recovery of mobile equipment and Rs 1000 currency note from his barrack and his baseless allegations against the jail authorities.

To a query Mr. Pandey also said that Hardik had went to the court yesterday bare-footed at his own. ‘The jail authorities just checked his foot wear as a routine check to see if something was hidden in it or not and he got angry. This is not fair to say that the jail authorities have barred him from wearing foot-wears,’ the jail superintendent said.

– DeshGujarat