The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress president Gitaben Patel’s son, Harikesh Patel, for allegedly obtaining a second passport using forged documents after he had surrendered his original passport in court, ATS officials said.
Officials said the Shahibaug resident used the second passport to travel to Bangkok, Singapore and Dubai via Bhutan and return to India through Nepal.
“The law must take its own course.
His first passport was deposited in court during an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into an online investment fraud case, according to ATS officials. After his bail was rejected, he allegedly filed a false “lost passport” complaint in Delhi, used fake rental papers and a false Agra address, and obtained a new passport from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh in July 2024. Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said the party had learnt of the arrest. If he has done something illegal, it will deal with him accordingly,” he said.
