AHMEDABAD: A local court on Tuesday acquitted Gujarat Congress working president and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani and 30 others, including 13 women, in a.
The Barpeta High court had requested the Gauhati high court to direct the police force to "reform itself" and to not let Assam transform into a police state.
The court on Thursday had reserved the order after hearing the bail plea of Mevani, who was remanded to five days of police custody in the assault case.
Mevani was first arrested on Thursday from Gujarat s Palanpur by a team of Assam police after a local BJP leader from Assam s Kokrajhar filed a complaint against him.