Jeweller accuses police of illegal detention

AHMEDABAD: A 23-year-old jeweller, accused of abducting a doctor, was given bail by city session court on Wednesday. Sanket Soni was arrested by Gujarat University police station officials following a complaint by Shahibaug resident Dr Amrut Patel. Patel in his complaint with Shahibaug police station officials had alleged that Soni, Vikram Rabari, Amrat Rabari, Raju Rabari, Manu Rabari and others had abducted him from near Camp Hanuman on December 15.Patel had told police that he was blindfolded and taken to Mehsana where he was threatened with a knife. However, Soni’s lawyer Virat Popat told the court that the police had illegally detained him in the case.
“The complaint was filed with Shahibaug police. But without any transfer of complaint, GU police arrested Soni from Vijay Crossroads and detained him for hours” the lawyer told the court.