AAP leader Isudan Gadhvi was drunk during protest at Gujarat BJP headquarters; Fresh FIR filed based on FSL report

Gandhinagar: The test conducted on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Isudan Gadhvi to check whether he was drunk when AAP hooligans stormed State BJP headquarters about a fortnight ago, has turned out to be positive today. With a positive report backing the allegations that Isudan was actually drunk during protest, First Information Report (FIR) is has been filed at Gandhinagar Info-city police station today against him under the sections pertaining to prohibition act.

The FIR draft filed stated today: ……. there was an allegation that Isudan Kherajbhai Gadhvi was drunk, following which his medical check up was conducted through the medical officer of civil hospital, Gandhinagar on 20th December. The doctor after primary check up had sent sent blood sample to DFS (Directorate of Forensic Science Services) in sector-18 of Gandhinagar. As per the blood sample alcohol analysis certificate report arrived today at Infocity police station, the presence of alcohol has been found to be 0.0545 W/V……. Accordingly Isudan Gadhavi has been booked under prohibition act section 66(1)b and 85(1).

Police Inspector Pradipsinh Vaghela of Infocity Police Station has become a complainant in this FIR.  Gadhvi and other AAP leaders in connection with the 20th December incident are already booked in earlier FIR under IPC section 452, 353, 354(c), 341, 323, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 269, 188, 427, 504, 120, 120b, damage to public property act section 3, 7, epidemic act section 3, and GP act section 135.

The AAP leaders had reached at BJP Pradesh karyalaya Kamlam on 20th December for protest regarding the paper-leak case of head-clerk exam. A female cadre of BJP Shraddha Rajput had alleged the AAP leader Isudan Gadhvi was drunk. Another BJP woman cadre Shraddha Jha who was present at State BJP headquarters during AAP protest there had alleged that there was a smell (of liquor) coming out from a group of AAP protesters. Isudan Gadhvi was taken to Gandhinagar civil hospital for a medical test. His liquor test result fro Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has turned out to be positive today.

AAP leader Isudan Gadhvi meanwhile has claimed that he has never consumed alcohol in his life. AAP leader Mahesh Savani has questioned liquor report of Isudan Gadhvi. He also questioned why the report arrived 12 days after the incident. Gadhvi also said he would file defamation case.

Reacting to the report, BJP leader Shraddha Rajput said she has full trust on Gujarat Police and judiciaries. She said it is important that women feel safe in politics.

BJP cadre Sharddha Jha said AAP leaders were not following any rule, they were speaking in abusive language, they were violent with women, they had sticks in hand and there has been also a complaint regarding molestation. She questioned that if the main leader of AAP in Gujarat is such, imagine what the cadres would learn!

State BJP media team leader Kishor Makwana has in a Facebook post opined that such a behavior of getting drunk and doing violent protest is neither in accordance to democracy nor in accordance to Samskar of Gujarat.

The complaint was filed against AAP workers including AAP leader Gopal Italiya, Isudan Gadhvi and others at Info-city police station. The crime was filed for gathering illegally, attacking police and molesting females. The AAP leaders including Gopal Italiya and Isudan Gadhvi were present in the protest at Kamlam. The court had sent them to juidicial custody (Sabarmati Jail) where they stayed behind bars for some 12 days. They were released on bail this week. DeshGujarat