Hardik Patel

abducted

people

weapons

chased

eliminated

Patel quota agitation leader, who went 'missing' after giving a slip to police yesterday, on Wednesday surfaced under mysterious circumstances at a highway passing from Dhrangadhra town in Surendranagar district of Gujarat, claiming that he wasAccording to Patel leaders, Hardik called them at around noon and asked them to pick him up from the highway. After being 'found', Hardik claimed that he had been "abducted" bywith. "Some personsmy car near Bayad (in Aravalli district)... then I was picked up by some persons.. after that I was made to sit in a car for the entire night," Hardik told reporters."I was threatened to leave this agitation or I would be eliminated. The person threatened me saying that it is the first and last warning, and if I am ever seen addressing a public meeting in a village, I will be," he added. "After threatening me for entire night and ferrying me from Bayad, he left me at a village in Dhrangdhara taluka of Surendranagar," said Hardik."I do not know who was he, whether a policeman or anyone else but he had a revolver with him," Hardik claimed. "I wanted to know about the person and at whose behest he had kept me under his custody for the entire night," he said. Meanwhile, Gandhinagar Range IG Hasmukh Patel said they could not locate him but if he is found, then he will be produced before court. "We learned that Hardik Patel is somewhere between Dhragadhra and Halvad towns of Surendranagar district.