Gujarat: Congress MLA Among 20 Arrested For Assault On Policemen During Protest
ABP NewsPatan, Dec 26 Gujarat Congress MLA Kirit Patel and 20 others were arrested on Thursday in connection with alleged assault on policemen during a protest at a university in the Patan district on December 16, officials said. Patel, who represents the Patan constituency, ex-MLA of Siddhpur Chandanji Thakor and nearly 200 Congress workers and members of the party’s student wing NSUI had protested at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University over liquor consumption in the hostel. The next day, the Patan ‘B’ division police booked Patel and others for allegedly abusing and assaulting cops during the demonstration, officials said. The opposition party MLA and Congress workers on Monday protested on the HNGU campus alleging that the police did not take action against three youths caught drinking alcohol in a varsity hostel room on December 8.