Four Patan cops booked in Ahmedabad fruit vendor abduction case
Updated: Jul 5th, 2024
The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) filed an FIR against four Local Crime Branch (LCB) police personnels of Patan including Vikram Desai, one of the cops of Patan LCB, in the case of abduction of a fruit vendor.
The authorities were also able to collect evidence against Patan Superintendent of Police (SP) Ravindra Patel.
The Ahmedabad crime branch found CCTV footage confirming the presence of Patan police staff in Ahmedabad. Based on this, four Patan cops were booked.
On the other hand, Ahmedabad Police Commissioner GS Malik filed an affidavit in the Gujarat High Court on July 4 regarding the investigation into the fruit vendor Atul Prajapati’s allegations.
The high court has extended the deadline for police to complete their investigation until July 16. Moreover, the court has requested information regarding the accusations against Ravindra Patel.
Prajapati, a fruit vendor and a stock trader in Ambawadi, was abducted on the evening of Apr 1 by four men who came in a car with no number plate. The men said they were from the Patan Local Crime Branch (LCB) and they came to interrogate him. They then forced him into the car and abducted him.
Prajapati’s staff called the police control room to report the abduction. Prajapati was taken to SG Highway and was eventually released near the Adalaj bridge. He was told by the abductors to not tell anyone about the incident.
The Gujarat High Court on July 1 rebuked the police for their shoddy investigation into the abduction of Prajapati and directed the Police Commissioner of Ahmedabad, GS Malik, to submit a detailed report along with an affidavit.
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