For 43 days in the US jail, a person of Indian origin, a lawyer claims that he is innocent CCTV evidence
The 56-year-old Indian-American engineer Mahendra Patel, who was arrested for attempting to kidnap, has spent 43 days behind the bar. As his bail hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, his lawyer, Ashley Merchant claimed that he was accused without any evidence and has a surveillance video that shows what happened in the Georgia Walmart Store in March.
Caroline Miller, a woman with a two -year -old son, accused Patel of attacking Patel and attempting to kidnap the child at Walmart Store. A grand jury convicted Patel and sent him to Cob County Jail in Georgia without bonds.
His lawyer released a surveillance video and claimed that it was not an attempt to kidnap or kidnap; Patel was just trying to ensure that the boy did not fall from the scooter.
Who is Mahendra Patel What happened to Georgia Walmart on 18 March
Patel faced Miller on a motor -powered cart scooter with two children, one on his lap and one on his feet. Monitoring footage in which no audio is shown that Patel was talking with Miller with his back on the camera. Patel asked Miller if she knows where to find a medicine, Tylenol.
In his complaint, Miller said that when he showed Patel the direction where there was Tilinol, Patel reached down and caught his child. He claimed that there was a part of the war with the child.
Patel’s lawyer said that he reached the child to ensure that the child did not fall. The businessman said, “There is no tug-off-world. This is a second partition.” “Surely there is no battery, no attack, nothing like that.”
CNN reported that in the surveillance footage, it can be seen that Patel later told Miller that he received the drug and Miller accepted. Patel left the store after paying for the drug, but Miller filed a complaint and Patel was arrested three days later.
Patel’s lawyer told CNN that he was in jail since then, as the District Attorney had not agreed to a bond – while his family, including his two daughters and his mother, has been unhappy without him.
