Sadhvi killed by helper over ashram land

Rajkot: A 54-year-old sadhvi living in Amreli was stabbed to death on Sunday evening by a helper working at her ashram as she refused to give the ownership of the ashram land to him.
Police said that a few weeks back the accused Arvind alias Naka Dabhi had asked the sadhvi Rekha Mer to give the ownership of the ashram to him. As the monk refused, a heated argument ensued between them. After the fight, Dabhi did not raise the issue again.
However, on Sunday evening at around 7 pm when Mer was milking a cow, Dabhi stabbed her with a knife. Mer’s sister Madhu Makwana, who had come to collect milk, rushed to rescue her and hit a brick on Dabhi’s head.
Realizing that Dabhi would try to stab her too, Makwana ran out of the ashram towards a nearby farm. She told about the attack to a farmer named Ghanshyam Kalsariya, who along with other farmers went to the ashram. Dabhi had, however, fled the spot by then.
Mer was taken to a hospital, but she was declared dead before admission. Later, based on Makwana’s complaint, police booked Dabhi for murder. Cops said that they are searching for him at his native place in Gariyadhar taluka of Bhavnagar.