Charges should be framed by investigators not politicians: Ahmed Patel in letter to Rajnath

Congress Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Patel in a letter to union Home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday demanded that those guilty(in IS terror suspect case of Bharuch), irrespective of faith or any affiliation must be brought to justice.

Ahmed Patel was referring to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's press conference in which Rupani had alleged that one of two IS linked terror suspects held by Anti Terrorist Squad(ATS) of Gujarat Police in Bharuch was working in 'Ahmed Patel' run hospital.

In a scathing attack in his letter to Rajnath Singh, the Congress leader wrote: "Framing of charges must be done by law enforcement agencies and the judiciary and not by political leaders in press conferences from party headquarters."

In the letter, Ahmed Patel stressed on need to rise above political differences in matter which involve national security. He said framing terror charges must be done by law enforcement agencies and the judiciary and not by political leaders in press conference from party headquarters.

"Anything that disturbs law and order eventually harms the mercantile ethos of Gujarat. Matters of national security cannot be a prisoner of politics and neither should be reduced to malign political opponent for petty electoral gains. This will be the greatest injustice we would be doing in our fight against terrorism," the letter said.

The BJPon Saturday accused Ahmed Patel of having "deep relations" with a Gujarat hospital where an alleged ISISoperative worked before his arrest, even as the Congressdefended its senior leader, dubbing the demand for his resignation from the Rajya Sabha as "outrageous".

Patel, the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, is in the eye of a political storm after Gujarat ATS arrested two suspected Islamic State operatives from Surat for allegedly planning terror attacks.

Patel had rejected the charge as "completely baseless", and urged the BJP not to politicise matters pertaining to national security and divide the peace-loving Gujaratis.

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