Today, in Ahmedabad based on the directions of NHRC National Human Rights Commission, Bopal police recorded the statement of Varun Patel, Patidar leader, who had alleged police atrocities against members of his community during Patidar maha rally on August 25 in Ahmedabad. In November last year, Varun, an aide of jailed quota movement spearhead Hardik Patel, had written a letter to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the United Nations as well as some international NGOs, about alleged police atrocities and crackdown on Patel community members during the its stir for reservation and subsequent violence in Gujarat. Media sources were used as an input in the case. In response to Varun’s letter, NHRC had directed the police to take appropriate action in the case.
