Charging the "government machinery" for Patel's disappearance, Kinjal said the family was being harassed by the government.

"My husband was arrested and sent to jail in many cases. On several occasions, as soon as he came out of jail, he was rearrested and put behind the bars in some other case. Don't you think this is harassment," Kinjal said.

Fearing for her husband's life, Kinjal claimed the police often visited her house at odd hours.