Guj: PAAS leader Kathiriya held in sedition case

  • | Monday | 19th November, 2018

He will be produced in court on Tuesday,” said RR Sarvaiya, assistant commissioner of police, crime branch.So far, Kathiriya was booked in eight different cases including two registered in Ahmedaband. Kathiriya was among the top leaders of PAAS who had organised massive rallies in support of Hardik in the past.He was formerly associated with Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad and later took leadership of the reservation quota movement in the diamond city. SURAT: The crime branch of the city police on Monday arrested Alpesh Kathiriya , the south Gujarat convener of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), in a sedition case registered against him and other PAAS leaders in 2015.Kathiriya was brought on transfer warrant from Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad.Along with Kathiriya, three other accused Hardik Patel , the convener of PAAS, Vipul Desai and Chirag Desai, members of PAAS, were booked at Amroli police station after alleged comment of Hardik in which he had reportedly asked his followers to ‘kill 2-4 cops’.The accused made the alleged comment on October 3, 2015 while visiting Vipul Desai at his home in Mota Varachha area.Apart from Kathiriya, police have already arrested the other three accused in the case.“Police took custody of Kathiriya from Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad and brought him to Surat.

SURAT: The crime branch of the city police on Monday arrested Alpesh Kathiriya , the south Gujarat convener of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), in a sedition case registered against him and other PAAS leaders in 2015.Kathiriya was brought on transfer warrant from Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad.Along with Kathiriya, three other accused Hardik Patel , the convener of PAAS, Vipul Desai and Chirag Desai, members of PAAS, were booked at Amroli police station after alleged comment of Hardik in which he had reportedly asked his followers to ‘kill 2-4 cops’.The accused made the alleged comment on October 3, 2015 while visiting Vipul Desai at his home in Mota Varachha area.Apart from Kathiriya, police have already arrested the other three accused in the case.“Police took custody of Kathiriya from Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad and brought him to Surat. He will be produced in court on Tuesday,” said RR Sarvaiya, assistant commissioner of police, crime branch.So far, Kathiriya was booked in eight different cases including two registered in Ahmedaband. Kathiriya was among the top leaders of PAAS who had organised massive rallies in support of Hardik in the past.He was formerly associated with Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad and later took leadership of the reservation quota movement in the diamond city.

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