Ahmedabad: It was only after the Gujarat high court castigated the police for showing the “superpower of khaki” by ignoring court orders that Dhandhuka’s Gulabsha Jadeja got his laptop and mobile phones back. The trial court had ordered that the gadgets be returned five months ago.
The police seized the gadgets after Jadeja was booked in a land-grabbing case.
The FIR was filed with the Dhandhuka police just one day before Jadeja’s scheduled interview for the Accounts Officer Class-I position, organized by the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC), in April. He could not take the test due to an arrest and because the finance department would not provide him with an NOC to participate in the recruitment process since he worked at the treasury office.
Jadeja had been suspended from his job on the grounds of ‘adopting a communal approach in pension cases,’ ‘imparting jihadi education,’ and ‘engaging in other anti-national activities.’ Given the seemingly unrelated nature of these allegations to the land-grabbing case, Jadeja sought court intervention to recover his electronic gadgets. The court had issued an order on May 11 for the police inspector to return the gadgets, a directive the inspector unsuccessfully contested in a sessions court. Despite this, the inspector did not return the confiscated items to Jadeja. His advocate, Hemang Shah, complained about this in the high court.
On hearing the matter, Justice J C Doshi summoned the inspector, saying, “This is nothing but the superpower of the khaki.” The court also demanded an explanation from the superintendent of police about the inspector’s behaviour.
Under fire from the HC, the inspector returned the laptop and the mobile phones to Jadeja and informed the HC about it on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Jadeja’s petitions challenging the state government’s denial of his right to take the GPSC exams based on the FIR are still pending before the HC.
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