Grocery shop owner kills lover

Rajkot: A 24-year-old grocery shop owner slit his girlfriend’s throat before attempting suicide by cutting his own throat and stabbing in the stomach in a hotel in Limbdi town of Surendranagar district on Thursday. Police said the accused Ravirajsinh Rana alias Divyarajsinh, allegedly slit the throat of Nafisabanu Sheikh (20) in the room of Yogi Hotel near Limbdi bus stand. While Sheikh died on the spot, Rana’s condition is said to be serious at a private hospital in Rajkot.
“Rana, who had also slit his own throat and dealt a stabbing wound in the stomach, is in a serious condition,” said SS Varu, sub-inspector with Limbdi police station. During investigation, police found that both Rana and Sheikh had an affair for the past one year.