Jamnagar: A court in Jamnagar has today convicted sitting BJP MLA from Jamnagar – Rural constituency Raghavji Patel and four others including three journalists in year 2007 case. Patel who was with Congress party at the time of the incident had led a protest to Dhrol Community Health Centre and the mob led by him had vandalized a local health centre.

Raghavji was booked 13 years ago in this incident of crime under Public Property Damages Act. The Court has given six-month imprisonment to accused along with Rs. 10 fine to each. All are declared free on bail for a month in order to give them opportunity to make appeal in higher court.

In year 2007, a patient had allegedly died due to lethargy of hospital. Raghavji and others had reached there to make a representation. The hospital was ransacked in the course of this agitation. Police had booked Raghavji Patel, Narendrasinh Jadeja (former taluka panchayat chief) and three journalists Karansinh Jadeja, Jayesh Bhatt etc.