Guj: Cong corporator alleges abduction ahead of mayoral polls

A Congress corporator has alleged that he was Sunday kidnapped by BJP's Gandhinagar mayoral candidate's husband due to which he could not vote in the polls Monday.

The BJP's Rita Patel and Congress' Pinky Patel are pitted against each for the post of mayor of the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation.

The Congress has 15 members in the GMC against the BJP's 17.

Speaking to reporters Monday, Congress corporator Ankit Barot claimed that Ketan Patel, husband of BJP's Rita Patel, and another person were behind his abduction as he had refused to shift allegiance to the BJP.

Barot returned to Gandhinagar Monday after voting for the post of mayor and deputy mayor was completed.

"I was kidnapped by Ketan Patel who took me in a vehicle on the pretext of meeting the local MLA in connection with the mayoral poll. I was then handed over to a group of people who took me to a farmhouse, snatched my mobile phone and threatened me with a revolver," Barot told reporters.

Barot claimed he was then taken from the farmhouse to a place on the Madhya Pradesh border.

Speaking on the issue, Gandhinagar Superintendent of Police Mayur Chavda said, "Barot met me and said that one Ketan Patel and another person known to him kidnapped him on Sunday."