Rajkot: A farm labourer was detained by Virpur police on Tuesday for killing a man from his village last month.
The accused Vinod Vasava was nabbed after investigation revealed that the victim Nilesh Vasava had died from drowning after the former pushed him in the well on November 27.
The duo is native of Gundiya village in Bharuch district and work in Kerali village in Jetpur taluka. Nilesh’s body was found on November 29 and it was suspected that he accidentally fell in the well and died.
“We were searching for him after his wife lodged a missing person complaint, but once his body was found a case of accidental death was registered. However, our investigation revealed that he had been killed as he had illicit affair with the accused’s wife,” said sub-inspector R N Bhojani of Virpur police station.
After Vinod was detained, he admitted to killing Nilesh. He said that he had asked Nilesh for hanging out and then have country-made liquor. The duo bought liquor, but Vinod made sure that Nilesh drunk enough to not be in his senses. Vinod then took him near a well in the orchard owned by Ranchhod Ramoliya. As Nilesh bent forward, Vinod pushed him and returned home.
“We will formally arrest him, once his Covid-19 test turns out to be negative,” said Bhojani.
Box: Man attacked by distant relative succumbs
Rajkot: A 40-year-old man Ramesh Vaghela from Vegadvav village in Surendranagar succumbed to his injuries caused by axe blows on Tuesday morning.
Vaghela was attacked by his cousin Munna’s brother-in-law Vikram Vaghjibhai at Pratapgarh village in Morbi on December 13. Vaghela and Munno were visiting Munno’s in-law’s house to pick up his wife. Munno and his wife had a confrontation over some domestic issue following which she had moved to live with her parents.
When Vaghela and Munno went there, there were heated arguments which enraged Vikram. He picked up an axe and hit Vaghela multiple times. Vaghela was taken to Surendranagar and later to Ahmedabad where he died during treatment. A murder case was registered against Vikram on Tuesday.