Hardik Patel in police custody till Jan 15

Hardik was produced before the judicial magistrate AN Patel at his residence in Visnagar midnight Tuesday night by Mehsana Police, which sought five-day remand of Hardik. After arguments, the magistrate sent Hardik into three-day police custody in an early morning order. Hardik is one of the accused in an FIR filed at Visnagar on July 23, when a rally of Patel community seeking reservation turned violent, resulting in damage to property and assault on some media persons. Hardik was lodged in Lajpore Jail since last three months, as he faces two sedition cases, one at Surat and another at Ahmedabad. Later, a complaint of rioting, damaging property and assault was filed against Hardik and seven other Patel leaders, who were present during the rally. A local court in Visnagar town of Mehsana district on Wednesday sent quota leader Hardik Patel in police custody till January 15 in a case of rioting and assault registered against him six months back.