Surat: Surat Police had filed an application in the local court for adding more IPC sections (IPC 465, 467 and 468) against the accused in defamation case filed by the ruling BJP MLA of Choryashi seat, Sandip Desai. The court on Saturday approved this application. The fresh sections are added to the FIR, as during the investigation, a fake signature of one BJP councilor, done by accused was found. Police had earlier booked and arrested the accused under IPC sections 469, 500, 501 and 120B. All accused are suspended from the BJP.

Accused in this case are Rakesh Solanki (1 Vallabh Park society in Tarsadi in Magrol taluka of Surat, Khumansinh Patel (Sagar Nagar, Tarsadi, Mangrol, Surat) and Dipu Yadav (Reeva Residency in Mangrol taluka of Surat).

BJP MLA of Choryashi assembly seat, Sandip Desai had in his complaint stated that on 15th June he received a post in sky blue color cover by a postman at his residence. When opened, the cover was containing a scandisk-brand pen drive and two typed letters. The letters was containing various allegations against Gujarat BJP chief CR Patil and Desai himself. It was alleged that CR Patil would sink the party if Modi saheb doesn’t control the situation as large scale corruption is going on by him and he has allocated portfolios in exchange of huge sum of money. When pen drive was opened, a video recording of one Jinendra Shah was present in it.

When talked with party office bearers, Sandip Desai says in his complaint that he came to know that they too had received such covers with two typed letters and one pen drive. A local news channel had also relayed news regarding this which had caused defamation of CR Patil.

Desai in his complaint further stated – all allegations pertaining to corrupt practice were completely false and he believed there should be a probe into this for which he submitted an application in Surat city police’s crime branch. When probed, police traced the origin of the post, and found out that the covers were posted by Kosamba based Dipu Lalchand Yadav and Khumansinh Jashwantsinh Patel from post boxes located at railway stations at Bharuch and Palej. When questioned, they revealed that they were given these covers to post by BJP’s Umarpada taluka incharge and Tarsadi municipality’s former chief Rakeshsinh Ranjitsinh Solanki. When questioned, Solanki stated that he had got these letters typed through his office staffer Hemant Parmar, while pen drives were ordered through Irfan Kapadiya.

Rakesh Solanki during his questioning stated that CR Patil ensured BJP victory on 156 seats in the last State assembly election and it was though that his political weight will grow even further. Upset with this fact, the letter was typed and a viral video clip was put in pen drives in order to tarnish the image of Patil before the party leaders. This was done to prevent CR Patil to get some leading responsibilities in the party.

Uncountable copies of such covers containing the letters and pen drives were made and sent to office bearers and various persons belonging to BJP, the complaint by Sandip Desai further stated. DeshGujarat