Archive · 3 Jan 2026
Patidar Group Protests Police Inaction in Teen Abduction Case
A group of people from the Patidar community in Surat, India, surrounded a police station to protest.
They were upset because the police weren't doing enough to find a teenage girl who was taken away over a month ago.
The community leader and the girl's parents asked everyone to come together and support them.
After the protest, the police decided to give the case to a special crime branch to investigate further.
Patidar community members gheraoed a police station in Surat to protest police inaction in a teen abduction case.
The abduction occurred over a month ago, and the community is demanding justice.
Community leader Vijay Mangukiya urged the community to unite and fight for the cause.
The girl's parents were present and also appealed for community support.
Surat Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut transferred the investigation to the Surat crime branch.
- Who
- Patidar community members and the teen's parents
- What
- Protest and gherao of a police station over alleged inaction in a teen abduction case
- When
- Weeks after the abduction, with the protest occurring on a Friday
- Where
- Surat, India
- Why
- To demand action and justice for the abducted teen
- Location
- Surat, India
- Community Involved
- Patidar community
- Organization
- Patidar Seva Sangh
- Action Taken
- Gheraoed police station, demanded action
- Investigation Transfer
- Transferred to Surat crime branch