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BJP MLA in Swetang Patel's funeral procession
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Amid tight security, the funeral of a 32-year-old man from Patel community, who allegedly died in custody after being caught by police during the quota violence, was held here on Sunday.
Amid tight security, the funeral of a 32-year-old man from Patel community, who allegedly died in custody after being caught by police during the quota violence, was held here on Sunday.
The funeral procession of Swetang Patel started from his house in Matrushakti Society of Bapunagar area at around 8.25 am. Initially, around 300 locals and relatives joined the procession, including Swetang’s mother Prabhaben and his sister Palak.
Before the funeral procession started, former state home minister and senior BJP leader Gordhan Jhadafia met Swetang’s family at his house and conveyed condolences.
Local MLA Vallabh Kakadia along with some leaders and corporators also remained present during the procession. To avoid any untoward situation, around 600 personnel from local police, State Reserve Police, Rapid Action Force and Central Reserve Police Force have been stationed along the 1-km route from Swetang’s house till the crematorium in Lila Nagar, police inspector K.D. Nakum said.
Since Sunday morning, senior officers, including Joint Commissioner of Police Manoj Shashidharan, Deputy CP Shweta Shrimali and Assistant CP K.D. Pandya along with their staff arrived at Bapunagar.
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