CID trying to save guilty cops, says Swetang Patel's mother

Prabhaben Patel, whose son Swetang Patel died in police custody here during Patel quota agitation in August, today moved the Gujarat High Court seeking a probe by another agency instead of state 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 HC.
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 Swetang were not providing evidence to CID to prove that Swetang was brutally beaten by police, it says.
CID was trying to prove that Swetang did not die because of injuries to head due to custodial beating but because of the injuries sustained during stone pelting, it alleges.
Swetang was allegedly taken away by police in Bapunagar area here on August 25 when the violence broke out during the Patel community's agitation for reservations under OBC quota.
In response to an earlier petition by Prabhaben, the High HC had called it a prima facie case of homicide in custody and ordered a CID probe.