Five booked for abetting suicide

Rajkot: Five persons were booked on Monday for the abatement of suicide of a factory owner in Shapar Veraval industrial zone of Rajkot.
Anil Jarsania (48) had ended life by consuming pesticides at his factory on August 20.
Those booked included Jarasania’s business partner Naran Vala and his sons — Vijay Vala, Sharman Vala, Nikul Vala — and Ajay Sinh, an ex-army man.
“Jarsania owned a showroom in partnership with Naran and Jarsania’s brother in-law Nilesh Rajpara in Talala. After Jarsania opened his factory, he and his partners decided to end the partnership by selling the showroom. The price of the showroom was fixed at Rs 90 lakh. However, Naran asked for Rs 2 crore from Jarsania,” said Kuldeepsinh Gohel, sub-inspector with Shapar Veraval police station.
“The accused first locked down the showroom in Talala and then threatened Jarsania to lock down his factory, if he did not cough up Rs 2 crore. This depressed Jarsania so much that he took the drastic step,” added Gohel. Meanwhile, the police have launched a manhunt for the accused.