Vadodara: A labourer was arrested on Friday by local crime branch (LCB) of Chhota Udepur police for allegedly murdering a priest in Manka village in Chhota Udepur October last year.
The police had been keeping a watch near the house of the accused Naresh Rathwa, who had been on run after allegedly killing the priest Udesinh Gohil. On Friday when Rathwa came to meet his family members, the police nabbed him.
Gohil was found dead with injuries on his head on October 5 near a tomb on the banks of Orsang River where he used to perform religious ceremonies. During investigations police became suspicious of Rathwa’s involvement in the murder as he had been missing from village for no reason. On Friday, when he was held, Rathwa admitted of killing Gohil, the police said.
Police said that on October 6 last year when Rathwa returning home from work, he saw that Gohil was involved in a scuffle with a mentally disturbed man. During interrogation Rathwa told the police that he asked Gohil to not fight with the man as he was mentally disturbed, but instead Gohil asked him to go away and threatened him with black magic.
Angered by Gohil’s behaviour, Rathwa rammed his head with the tomb’s pillar due to which Gohil’s head started to bleed. Police said that Rathwa was afraid that Gohil will talk about the incident in the village and he will have to face the wrath of the villagers, so he took a wooden stick and killed Gohil.
