Summary:
Police resorted to mild lathi charge on the PAAS members outside Varachha police station.Police asked the PAAS members to leave the spot but they continued demonstration. SURAT: At least 30 persons, including three Congress candidates contesting assembly elections and several members of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), were detained following clash between police outside Varachha police station late on Thursday night. A number of men and women, Congress municipal councillors surrounded the police station and joined in PAAS protest. But Kathiriya and others continued protest and sat on stairs of police station after which they too detained. To maintain law and order police detained six Patidar youth from the spot and brought them to Varachha police station for safety reasons..