The Gujarat Police on Friday filed a chargesheet in a Surat court against Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convenor Hardik Patel on charges of sedition.
The 379-page chargesheet has been filed against Patel for exhorting one Vipul Desai to kill “four-five” policemen instead of thinking of committing suicide. The charges are from the time the Patel community was demand reservation under government jobs and education in the Other Backward Committies (OBC) category.
Patel was slapped with the sedition charge days after he reportedly exhorted Desai in October.
Hardik’s father Bharat Patel challenged the sedition charge on 19 October in the Gujarat High Court.
He moved the Supreme Court against the high court for refusing to accept his plea.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down his plea, allowing the Gujarat government to file a chargesheet against him in a court by Friday.
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