HC relief to Congress MLA Kirit Patel hours after FIR filed for ‘fund embezzlement’

In a relief to Congress MLA Kirit Patel, against whom Patan police filed a case of cheating and fraud for alleged embezzlement of funds, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the state to not take any coercive action against him till December 26, and issued a notice to the government.
Police had filed the FIR against the MLA under IPC sections 409, 467 and 468 on a complaint lodged by the vice-chancellor of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU), B A Prajapati.
The university has accused Patel of embezzling government funds over Rs 1 crore during 2012-2016 period when he was the principal of MN College, affiliated to the university. Patel continues to be on the rolls of the college but is on “leave without pay” after he got elected to the Assembly last year.
Prajapati told The Indian Express that as a lecturer and in-charge principal of the college, Patel was authorised to arrange interviews for recruitment of teaching staff in self-financed colleges of the university in five districts.

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