At least 400 convenors and supporters of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), together with six Congress corporators, have been detained and a few have been arrested by the Surat Police on Tuesday after they took out a Tiranga yatra in assist of farmers protesting towards the Centre’s three new agri legal guidelines and to demand the withdrawal of legal circumstances towards Patidar leaders.
On Tuesday morning, the PAAS supporters took out the Tiranga yatra in several teams on tractors, two-wheelers, and on foot on the principle highway of Varachha. Heavy police obligation was laid in Varachha, Punagam, Sarthana, Kapodara areas by Surat police since Monday evening.
The PAAS supporters have been detained once they started their march in Varachha and have been taken to the police headquarters at Athwalines space. Among these detained have been Congress corporators Dinesh Kachhadiya, Vijay Pansurya, Nilesh Kumbhai, Mamtaben Sawa, Arwaben Dawra, and Daxaben Bhuva. They have been later arrested underneath Section 188 of IPC.
PAAS state convenor Alpesh Katheriya and Surat metropolis convenor Dharmik Malaviya have been additionally detained by the police.
Surat police commissioner Ajay Kumar Tomar mentioned, “The PAAS had organised this rally without police permission, and our police teams that were on the spot, had arrested them. There is no violence and no tension like situation. They will be arrested for violation of police commissioner notification.”
The PAAS had sought police permission for finishing up a rally of 200 individuals in Surat on Republic Day from Shaheed Smarak Sarthana to the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Mangadh Chowk in Varachha. The Patidar physique had moved the Gujarat High Court on January 22 after being denied permission to carry the procession.
On Monday, the excessive courtroom issued notices to the state authorities and Surat Police authorities following a petition moved by Dharmik Malaviya. However, the discover was stored returnable for January 27 which meant the PAAS couldn’t lawfully take out the rally on the proposed date.
