

{"id":6152,"date":"2017-10-30T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T10:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=6152"},"modified":"2017-10-30T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T10:58:29","slug":"fact-check-ahmed-patel-resign-trustee-well-alleged-isis-operative-arrested-sardar-patel-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-ahmed-patel-resign-trustee-well-alleged-isis-operative-arrested-sardar-patel-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact-check: Did Ahmed Patel resign as a trustee well before an alleged ISIS operative was arrested from Sardar Patel Hospital?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cIf Ahmed Patel was a patron of hospital from where 2 suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested then should he be not held responsible?\u201d<\/em> asked Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/923951387427217408\" target=\"_blank\">press conference<\/a> after the arrest of two suspected terrorists by Gujarat ATS. One of the two suspects had worked and recently resigned from Sardar Patel Hospital where Congress leader Ahmed Patel was once a Trustee. With elections around the corner, this information was enough to set in motion a barrage of claims and counterclaims by both parties. Alt News examines the claims and documents that have been shared on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the controversy broke out, Siddharth Mazumdar (@sidmtweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sidmtweets\/status\/924172960566407168\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> a set of images to prove that Patel had resigned as a Trustee way back in 2013 whereas the suspect Mohmad Kasim Stimberwala had joined and resigned in March and October 2017.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6157\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ahmed Patel&#039;s hand-written resignation letter.\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed2-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed2-236x420.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed2.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ahmed Patel&#8217;s hand-written resignation letter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6160\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6160\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-1-sardar-patel-hospital.jpg\" alt=\"Resignation letter of the accused\" width=\"508\" height=\"734\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-1-sardar-patel-hospital.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-1-sardar-patel-hospital-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-1-sardar-patel-hospital-291x420.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resignation letter of the accused<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6161\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6161\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-2-sardar-patel-hospital-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Appointment letter of the accused\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-2-sardar-patel-hospital-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-2-sardar-patel-hospital-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-2-sardar-patel-hospital-236x420.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/accused-letter-2-sardar-patel-hospital.jpg 581w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appointment letter of the accused<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was followed by an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jantakareporter.com\/india\/vijay-rupanis-claims-ahmed-patel\/156850\/\" target=\"_blank\">article <\/a>that posted an image of the statement of the hospital. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"hospital-statement\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-696x489.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-1068x751.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement-597x420.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/hospital-statement.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doubts have been raised regarding the veracity of the above images as to whether the documents are genuine or not.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1.Handwritten resignation letter of AP without any stamp.Very convenient<br \/>2. Hospitals disclaimer dated 29\/10\/\/2017.It&#39;s 28th today<br \/>3. Idiots <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqEeb1OtWu\">https:\/\/t.co\/cqEeb1OtWu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0926\u093f\u0935\u094d\u092f\u093e (@divya_16_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/divya_16_\/status\/924250976571101185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let us examine each of these claims:<\/p>\n<h3>Ahmed Patel as a Trustee of the hospital <\/h3>\n<p>Alt News has verified the image posted on Twitter by Siddharth Mazumdar with the Trustees of the Sardar Patel hospital and can confirm that Patel had indeed resigned in September 2013. The resignation was accepted by Trust and Charities Commissioner in September 2014. The following documents were again posted on social media claiming to be the documents which confirm Ahmed Patel&#8217;s removal from the Board of trustees. Alt News emailed Ahmed Patel&#8217;s office and received an official confirmation stating that the documents making the rounds on social media are genuine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6155 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed0.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed0-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed0-236x420.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6156 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed1.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/ahmed1-236x420.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However the biggest confirmation that Patel is no longer a Trustee comes from CM Rupani himself. He had stated at the Press Conference that <em>\u201cPatel was earlier a trustee of the hospital from which he resigned in 2014. However, he continued to run the show at the hospital where President\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/pranab-mukherjee\"><em>Pranab Mukherjee<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0was invited to inaugurate the premises in <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/gujarat-cm-vijay-rupani-links-isis-case-with-ahmed-patel-congress-says-bjp-nervous-4910000\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Those questioning the documents perhaps missed that Rupani had also confirmed that Patel had resigned in 2014. They have since been busy trying to prove that the resignation letter is fake because it is handwritten and without a stamp.<\/p>\n<h3>Resignation of the suspected ISIS operative<\/h3>\n<p>CM Rupani had raised concerns about the resignation of the suspect in his <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/gujarat-cm-vijay-rupani-links-isis-case-with-ahmed-patel-congress-says-bjp-nervous-4910000\/\">press conference<\/a>,<em> \u201cJust two days before being caught, they had resigned or their resignation was procured. This looks suspicious.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The documents confirm that the suspect was hired in March 2017 and resigned on Oct 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2017. His resignation letter states the notice period from Oct 4<sup>th<\/sup> till Oct 24<sup>th<\/sup>. The suspect was hired after Patel quit as a Trustee and had resigned from the hospital. When Alt News spoke with Jayesh Patel who is one of the trustees in Sardar Patel hospital, he stated that the accused was employed based on a recommendation letter from his previous employer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/care-hospital-recommendation-letter-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/care-hospital-recommendation-letter-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/care-hospital-recommendation-letter-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/care-hospital-recommendation-letter-696x928.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/care-hospital-recommendation-letter-315x420.jpg 315w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/10\/care-hospital-recommendation-letter.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even though the hospital had issued a statement, the authenticity of this letter was doubted on the basis of the date. \u201c<em>Hospital\u2019s letter dated 29<sup>th<\/sup>, while today is 28<sup>th<\/sup><\/em>\u201d, said many on social media. However, they overlooked the fact that like the letter, the date is also written in Gujarati and is to be read as Oct 27<sup>th<\/sup> and not October 29<sup>th<\/sup>. Oblivious to this fact, over one thousand people had retweeted this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/divya_16_\/status\/924250976571101185\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the conversation that Alt News had with Jayesh Patel who is a Trustee of Sardar Patel hospital and the email exchanged with Ahmed Patel&#8217;s office, it can be confirmed that the above documents that are circulating on social media are genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIf Ahmed Patel was a patron of hospital from where 2 suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested then should he be not held responsible?\u201d asked Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at a press conference after the arrest of two suspected terrorists by Gujarat ATS. One of the two suspects had worked and recently resigned from Sardar Patel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":6166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-6152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fact-check: Did Ahmed Patel resign as a trustee well before an alleged ISIS operative was arrested from Sardar Patel Hospital? - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fact-check: Did Ahmed Patel resign as a trustee well before an alleged ISIS operative was arrested from Sardar Patel Hospital? - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cIf Ahmed Patel was a patron of hospital from where 2 suspected ISIS terrorists were arrested then should he be not held responsible?\u201d asked Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at a press conference after the arrest of two suspected terrorists by Gujarat ATS. 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