65-year-old man stabbed to death for revenge

Rajkot: A 19-year-old youth along with two aides stabbed a 65-year-old man to death behind ST Workshop on Gondal Road in Rajkot on Friday night. All the accused were arrested on Saturday, said cops who informed that they killed the man for revenge.
According to the police, the accused Suresh Muchhadia (19) had harboured a grudge against Karsan Makwana for getting him arrested and jailed for eloping with the latter’s 15-year-old granddaughter. The other accused has been identified as Suraj Chauhan (19) and a minor accomplice.
According to the complaint lodged by Makwana’s granddaughter Sonal, Muchhadia had barged into her house, brandishing a knife along with the co-accused and started to stab Makwana, while the other accused grabbed him and beat him up. Makwana was a retired employee of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation.
Immediately after the complaint was lodged, police could nab the accused early on Saturday morning.
“During interrogation, Muchhadia revealed his anger on Makwana who he said had got him arrested and jailed after he had eloped with his 15-year-old granddaughter. Muchhadia was booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and sent to jail. After he was released from the jail around 10 days ago, he decided to kill Makwana,” said an investigating official.