Man arrested for murder in Wankaner village

Rajkot: A resident of Jamsar village of Wankaner taluka in Moribi district was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly clubbing a man to death, suspecting him of having an extramarital affair with his wife.
Police said the accused, Dashrath Koli (38), had clubbed Jayenti Bhuva (40) to death after the latter was caught climbing down the terrace of the former’s house.
According to the police, Koli suspected that Bhuva either had an affair with his wife or had come to his house to commit a theft. Koli caught Bhuva and thrashed him with a bat, killing him on the spot.
“In order to mislead the police, Koli told us that Bhuva had fallen to death from the terrace of his house where he had come to commit a theft. However, when his forensic post mortem revealed that Bhuva had received a severe beating, we called up Koli, and during his interrogation, Koli confessed to his crime,” said R P Jadeja, sub-inspector with Wankaner taluka police station.
Bhuva, who originally hailed from Madhavpur Ghed, worked as a labourer in a stone quarry, while Koli was into singing folk songs.