The Palanpur police on Wednesday detained Congress leader Hardik Patel and two other lawmakers on their way to meet sacked IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who is in Palanpur jail after being convicted in a custodial death case.
Bhatt was handed life sentences in June in connection with the incident which happened in 1990 when he was posted as the additional superintendent of police in Jamnagar.
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Superintendent of police Niraj Badgujar said that the leaders and their supporters were detained as a precautionary measure.