Srinagar: Gujarat police have handed over Kiran Patel who allegedly conned the security establishment in J&K into believing him to be a PMO official and enjoyed five-star protocol “brazenly” for a considerable period of time prior to his arrest. The police have made second arrest in connection with case.
Meanwhile sources told a local news gathering agency that Patel also filed fresh application for bail before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar and police has been asked to submit report by April 27. On April 6, the court had handed over custody of Kiranbhai Patel alias Bansi to Gujarat counterparts as Crime Branch Ahmadabad City said that he was required in a case (FIR No. 11191011230073/2023) under section 406, 420, 170 and 120-B of the IPC there.
The court had directed the Gujarat police to hand over the custody of Patel to the Police Station Nishat Srinagar after due completion of the investigation.
In the related development, the second accused in the case, Piyush of Ahmadabad, who allegedly made fake cards for Patel has been arrested from the hometown last night and was produced before the court of 3rd Additional Munsiff Moneer Ahmad who sent him to police remand till May 1.
Pertinently Patel was on his third visit to the Kashmir Valley when he was nabbed by security officials from a five-star hotel in Nishat area of Srinagar on March 2. (GNS)
