Social Media Influencer Kirti Patel Booked Again, This Time Under Land Grabbing Act

Surat: History-sheeter and controversial social media influencer Kirti Patel, who is already facing multiple criminal cases, including extortion, criminal defamation, conspiracy, and criminal intimidation, has now been booked under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020, for allegedly occupying a rented flat in Surat’s Parvat Patiya area for nearly seven years.

According to an FIR registered by the Puna police, Kirti rented the flat in 2019 but allegedly neither executed a formal rental agreement nor vacated the property despite repeated requests from the owner. She is also accused of threatening the owner and her family whenever they sought possession of the flat or demanded rent.

According to the complaint, Manjula Patel rented out her flat in 2019 to Kirti Patel without a formal rent agreement after Kirti allegedly avoided submitting her Aadhaar card. The owner claims Kirti neither paid rent nor vacated the flat despite repeated requests after her release from jail in an earlier case. The FIR also alleges that Kirti threatened the owner and her family whenever they sought possession of the property or demanded rent, despite several complaints made to the Puna police over the years.

Based on the latest complaint, the Puna police have registered a case against Kirti under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act, 2020, along with relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for criminal intimidation and other offences.

Kirti Patel was arrested by the Puna police on Thursday in a separate extortion case registered on July 11. She was produced before a Surat court, which remanded her to police custody until Sunday for further investigation. DeshGujarat