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Patan: In Gujarat, Congress MLA Kirit Patel and 20 other people have been arrested by the police. All of them are accused of allegedly attacking policemen during a protest at a university in Patan district on December 16. Patan Assembly MLA Kirit Patel, former Sidhpur MLA Chandanji Thakor and around 200 Congress workers and members of the party’s student wing National Students Union of India (NSUI) protested at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) over drinking in the hostel. Had done.
Policemen were attacked
The day after the protest, Patan ‘B’ division police registered a case against MLA Patel and others for misbehaving and assaulting policemen during the protest, police officials said. Giving information, DSP KK Pandya said that some accused were arrested after the incident, while Kirit Patel and Thakor were absconding.
21 people arrested
DSP Pandya further said, “Later Kirit Patel, Chandanji Thakor and 19 other Congress workers surrendered before the local police and were then arrested. We had already arrested 12 people. All of them will be booked in the university. He is accused of abusing and attacking the policemen on duty during the protest.” Kirit Patel and others have been booked under BNS sections 121-1 (causing hurt with intent to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 132 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and A case has been registered under section 224 (threat to cause hurt to public servant).
students were drinking alcohol
It is noteworthy that Congress MLAs and Congress workers demonstrated in the HNGU campus last Monday and alleged that the police did not take action against three youths who were caught drinking alcohol in the university hostel room on December 8. Let us tell you that consumption of alcohol is banned in Gujarat. In such a situation, before the district level tournament in Patan, three basketball players of Anand district, who were staying in a room of the boys’ hostel, were caught by the principal drinking alcohol.
The video went viral on social media
MLA Kirit Patel claimed that the employees handed them over to the police, but the three were let off without any action. During the demonstration, Vice Chancellor K.C. Kirit Patel got into an argument with some policemen after being refused entry into Poria’s chamber. In a video going viral on social media, Patel is seen holding a policeman through the grill outside the Dean’s office.
(Input- PTI)
