Summary:
Surat: Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Alpesh Kathiriya was arrested by crime branch from Velanja village near the city on Monday. Kathiriya tried to bargain for some time with the cops, but they refused. Kathiriya was produced in court which sent him to judicial custody.Acting on a tip off, the crime branch team reached Shubhvilla Society in Velanja. There was panic among supporters of Kathiriya, but he was arrested without any problem by the cops.Kathiriya was attending the marriage of his friend Ashish Vaghasiya and business partner in law firm. The court on January 15 ordered cancellation of his bail and since then Kathiriya was on the run.Meanwhile, health condition of PAAS convener Dharmik Malaviya and Nikunj Kakadiya deteriorated on the seventh day of their indefinite fast here on Monday..