Surat: Bharuch police arrested an eunuch for allegedly killing her lover and live-in partner of over a decade late on Wednesday night.
Police said that Nayna, a transgender residing at Bhathiji temple in Maktampura in Bharuch town stabbed Abdulkadir Hazibhai Sindhi, 30, with a sharp-edged knife. The deceased breathed his last in a private hospital in Bharuch on the early hours of Thursday morning.
Sufia Shaikh, sister of the deceased filed a complaint with the Bharuch police stating that her brother was in relationship with the Nayna from the last one decade. Four days ago, Sindhi called Sufia and informed that Nayna was fighting with him all the time over petty issues.
Police stated that the deceased had visited his sister’s place in Karjan on November 9 and had told her that the accused had threatened to kill him. The deceased returned to Bharuch on the same day. On Wednesday night, Nayna called up Sufia using Sindhi’s phone and informed that her brother was stabbed and was admitted in a private hospital.
DP Unadkat, police inspector of Bharuch C-division police station said, “The Sindhi was living in the house of Nayna from the last many years as they were in relationship. On that fateful night, Nayna and the deceased had a verbal spat over some issue and in the fit of anger Nayna stabbed the deceased twice in his abdomen.”
Unadkat added, “The accused has been arrested and will be presented in the court on Friday.”