AHMEDABAD: In a case of tragic irony, a man was stabbed to death when he went to Yamraj Pan Parlour in Vastral to collect 3 months’ worth of rent. Bipin Prajapati was killed on Friday allegedly by his tenants.
Nita Prajapati filed a complaint of murder and abetment against Dashrath Thakor, and Hitendra Parmar, who had rented the shop in Vadshree Shopping Centre in Vastral from her husband for Rs 17,000 a month. Ramol police have arrested Parmar, 23.
According to the FIR, when Prajapati, a painting and masonry contractor, did not return from work by 8.30pm Nita called him around 8.45pm.
“He said he was at our shop in Vastral to collect pending rent. He said he would be home in 45 minutes. I waited an hour and called back but his phone was switched off. My daughter then called Kashyap Trivedi, who lives on the fifth floor of Vadshree Residency, to check if Bipin was still at the shop. Trivedi said my husband’s motorcycle was there but the shop’s doors were closed. After taking a look inside, he told us to get there immediately,” said Nita.
“When I got there, I saw my husband with stab wounds to his head and chest. He was dead,” she said.