Gujarat High Court orders CID probe in custodial death
According to postmortem reports, Patel’s death took place due to a head injury. The court also ordered Bapu Nagar police station to record an FIR into the custodial killing of the youth.
The court ordered CID to investigate the case stating that an officer outside the Bapu nagar police station jurisdiction will conduct an inquiry and submit the report to CID. A Magisterial inquiry has also been ordered by the court.
Violence had broken out in parts of Gujarat on Tuesday as the economically dominant Patel community held a huge protest demanding Other Backward Class (OBC) status.
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