Ahmedabad: The crime branch of Ahmedabad police today arrested PAAS leader Dinesh Bambhaniya, the former close aide of Hardik Patel on the basis of a Non-bailable warrant issued by a local court here earlier this month in connection with a sedition case.

Dinesh was arrested from his house in the bordering area of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar today. He will be produced in the court today which had during last date of hearing fixed November 20 as the next date of hearing.

The court of ADJ D P Mahida had on November 2 issued a non bailable warrant (NBW) against Bhambhaniya for his remaining absent during the hearing of the sedition case lodged by crime branch in October 2015 here in connection with the violence after the patidar quota rally.

The other two of total four accused Hardik Patel and Chirag Patel were however present on the last date. Ketan Patel another co-accused had turned approver earlier on while the fourth accused Alpesh Kathiria arrested in August this year was in Judicial custody in jail.

The court had rejected the plea of Dinesh which claimed that he should be exempted from physical appearance in the wake of his father’s illness.

The government counsel had also objected to his non-appearance saying that it seemed that one or the other accused were intentionally remaining absent to delay the proceedings of charge-framing.

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