10 PAAS supporters held in Central Gujarat

VADODARA: Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) members looking to sit on fasts in central

Gujarat

or going to Ahmedabad to support PAAS leader Hardik Patel were detained by police on Saturday morning. They were released later in the day.


PAAS Panchmahal convener Nirav Patel from Ramnath village in Kalol and four of his supporters were detained by Kalol police while trying to go to Pavagadh hill to sit on a fast at Maachi on the hill. Nirav had sought permission from the police for the fast, but was not given the same. He and others were taken to Kalol police station and released on Saturday night.

In Vadodara district, five people, including Rushi Patel, son of Congress MLA Akshay Patel, were detained by

Karjan

police in the early hours of Saturday. Police officials said they were to head to Ahmedabad to attend Patidar leader Hardik Patel’s indefinite fast at his home. tnn