RAJKOT: In a macabre incident, hunger pangs stoked the devil in a farmer who ended his mother and sister’s day-long stand-off over the matter of cooking dinner by killing them both in one stroke, in Zikiyari village of Morbi taluka on Saturday night
According to police, not being served dinner after he returned from the farm at night, hunger pushed Devshi Bhatia (40) to the edge and in a fit of rage picked up a sickle and hacked his mother Kastur Bhatia (65) and sister Sangita Bhatia (35) to death.
“Kastur and Sangita were engaged in a noisy debate since afternoon over who should prepare dinner that night since the afternoon. Devshi, who is unmarried, reproached the duo and warned them that they better decide fast as he would want dinner served as soon as he returned home from work at night, and went out of the house. However, matters between the two women only escalated to an impasse and the duo resorted to a kitchen strike of sorts,” said Radhika Bharai, Morbi deputy superintendent of police.
However, as goes the saying, hunger knows no friend but its feeder’, things turned bloody after Devshi returned home tired and hungry at night.
“When Devshi found that neither of the women had cooked food and were still on the fight mode, he became incensed. Hunger fuelled his blind rage and the man sought to end the debate once and for all with a scythe that he found lying in the house. He killed the duo by hacking their throats,” said Bharai.
Police investigation revealed that after the crime, Devshi himself called up the police, his family members and known some people in village to inform about his deed.
Devshi was detained the same night,said AA Jadeja, sub-inspector with Morbi taluka police station.
“Sangita had been staying with her mother for the past several years after walking out on her husband,” the cop added.