Hardik Patel arrested for evading sedition case trial

By: PTI | Ahmedabad | Published: January 18, 2020 10:32:41 pm

Congress leader Hardik Patel. (File photo) Congress leader Hardik Patel was arrested on Saturday night from Viramgam taluka in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district for failing to appear before a trial court here in a 2015 sedition case, hours after a warrant was issued against him.

Patel’s arrest was confirmed by DCP Rajdeepsinh Zala (cyber crime).

“We have arrested Haridk Patel from near Viramgam after the court issued a non-bailable warrant against him. We will produce him before the court tomorrow,” Zala said.

Patel had been previously arrested in connection with a sedition case filed by the local Crime Branch after violence broke out during a rally by the Patel community in Ahmedabad on August 25, 2015.