CID trying to save guilty cops, alleges Swetang Patel’s mother

Prabhaben Patel, whose son Swetang Patel died in police custody here during Patel quota agitation in August, on Monday moved the Gujarat High Court seeking a probe by another agency instead of state Criminal Investigation Department (CID), which she alleged was trying to shield the guilty policemen.

"Gujarat police are not in the position to carry out free, fair and impartial investigation....this investigation is required to be transferred to some other agency which may not and cannot be influenced by the police force of Gujarat State," it says. 

The investigation was assigned to CID-Crime by the High Court. CID officials created an atmosphere of panic and fear among the residents of her housing society to discourage any eye-witnesses from coming forward, the petition alleges. Some of the police officials who were present when the police took away <g data-gr-id="15">Swetang</g> were not providing evidence to CID to prove that <g data-gr-id="16">Swetang</g> was brutally beaten by police, it says. 

The CID was trying to prove that <g data-gr-id="17">Swetang</g> did not die because of injuries to head due to custodial beating.