Ahmedabad: Policemen, who are supposed to be the upholders of law allegedly turned predators on Sunday early morning and attacked a 23-year-old at SG Road, Ahmedabad. The victim, Apurva (name changed) said that after leaving a friend’s party on Sunday he was walking towards his parked car at SG Road when two policemen approached him, assaulted him and later allegedly raped him.

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According to Swagat Shah, a LGBT activist from Gujarat, the two cops identified Apurva, as he had participated in the gay pride parade in Ahmedabad on December 1, 2013. “Once they approached Apurva, they asked him if he had participated in the pride parade. When Apurva said yes, they started harassing him by asking him for his licence and car papers. Apurva tried to get away but the two cops started hurling abuses at him and started beating him with sticks. If that wasn’t enough, they then forced themselves on him,” said Shah.