Hardik Patel had gone missing after a public meeting in Aravalli district on September 22.
In an affidavit filed before the Gujarat High Court today, an aide of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel claimed that he had reasons to believe that Hardik had been abducted on September 22 and that was why he filed a habeas corpus petition.
"The apprehension...proved to be correct, real and genuine," says the affidavit filed before the division bench of Justices KS Jhaveri and RP Dholaria by Patel aide Dinesh Bambhaniya's wife Pintuben Patel through his lawyer advocate BM Mangukiya.
Last month, the High Court had sought an affidavit substantiating the charges made in the habeas corpus petition.
The petition was filed by Ketan Patel and Mr Bambhaniya when Hardik Patel had gone missing after a public meeting in Aravalli district on September 22. Hardik surfaced the next day and the petition claimed he had been abducted by some persons who "looked like policemen".
But the Gujarat government alleged that Hardik himself had fled after the meeting and was in contact with Ketan Patel and Dinesh Bambhaniya during the period.
Since Mr Bambhaniya, Ketan Patel and Hardik are in jail after arrest on sedition charges, Mr Bambhaniya's wife filed the affidavit today.
It says that the Gujarat government and the police are targetting the community after the mega rally of Patels in Ahmedabad on August 25 over OBC quota demand. More than 300 cases were registered against the community members.
Police kept Hardik Patel and others under constant surveillance, it alleges.