Congress City Chief Booked for Abduction After Candidate Claims Voluntary Hiding
Manoharsinh Gohil, the Bhavnagar City Congress president, was booked and detained by police for allegedly abducting Bharat Ramesh Kambad, a Congress candidate for the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation elections. The case emerged after Kambad’s brother filed a complaint stating the candidate had been missing since April 14. However, the situation took a significant turn when Kambad released a video and submitted a notarized affidavit declaring he had voluntarily gone into hiding in the neighboring Amreli district to protect democracy and avoid political pressure or inducement before the nomination withdrawal deadline. He explicitly denied being abducted. Following the submission of this affidavit, Gohil was released from custody. Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing them of engaging in cheap politics and misusing power to force Congress candidates to withdraw from local body elections. The incident highlights tensions surrounding the upcoming local elections in Gujarat. Additionally, the report notes a separate abduction case involving another Congress candidate in the Kutch district, where police are currently searching for the missing individual.
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Congress City Chief Booked for Abduction After Candidate Claims Voluntary Hiding
Manoharsinh Gohil, the Bhavnagar City Congress president, was booked and detained by police for allegedly abducting Bharat Ramesh Kambad, a Congress candidate for the Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation elections. The case emerged after Kambad’s brother filed a complaint stating the candidate had been missing since April 14. However, the situation took a significant turn when Kambad released a video and submitted a notarized affidavit declaring he had voluntarily gone into hiding in the neighboring Amreli district to protect democracy and avoid political pressure or inducement before the nomination withdrawal deadline. He explicitly denied being abducted. Following the submission of this affidavit, Gohil was released from custody. Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), accusing them of engaging in cheap politics and misusing power to force Congress candidates to withdraw from local body elections. The incident highlights tensions surrounding the upcoming local elections in Gujarat. Additionally, the report notes a separate abduction case involving another Congress candidate in the Kutch district, where police are currently searching for the missing individual.
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