Vigilance SP in Baroda to probe ACP BI Patel's suicide

Vadodara, Apr 26 (UNI) Superintendent of Police Hasmukh Patel of DGP (Vigilance) squad, Gandhinagar, today arrived here at the Circuit House in connection with the suicide of Surat ACP B I Patel.

Mr Patel had a detailed talk with local DCB PI K B Jadeja, PSI North Squad N N Gor, 'B' division ACP K N Pandey and Dy SP N V Mirza of the CID (crime) concerning the case.

The visit of Mr Hashmukh Patel follows a petition by Nilang Patel, son of the deceased B I Patel, to the State Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding that the case be handed over the CID (Crime) as the police were not going through the inquiry in a proper manner.

ACP B I Patel, who was posted to Surat, committed suicide soon after a fax message reached the Surat control room about his imminent arrest in connection with a prostitution case. Police sources say there was no need for a fax message to be sent in such a haste and that this information should not have been leaked. It is said that local DCB PI K B Jadeja was responsible for the faux pas.

When, police commissioner P C Thakur expressed displeasure, Jadeja had gone on leave.

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