A Surat sessions court on Tuesday night sent Patel agitation leader Hardik Patel to police custody till October 23 in a sedition case filed by police for his alleged advice to a distressed Patel youth to “kill 3-4 policemen.”
“The court has sent him in police custody till October 23. Police had asked for seven-day custody,” said a lawyer from Surat. Seeking his custody, the police argued that a detailed custodial interrogation was required to know what prompted him to suggest to the youth that he “kill policemen instead of committing suicide.”
Father moves HC
Meanwhile, Hardik’s father Bharat Patel filed a petition in the High Court here seeking to set aside the sedition charge. Mr. Patel contended that “no offence can be made out against Hardik based on the video.”
