Man stabs to death his estranged wife

Rajkot: A 35-year-old man was arrested for stabbing his wife to death and assaulting her parents and kin in Bhavnagar on Monday night.
Police arrested Himmat Jogadiya for the murder of his wife Dipti (32) based on a complaint filed by Pragji Gilatar (60), father of the deceased.
According to Gilatar’s police complaint, he, his wife Shantu, his sister Samu and other relatives had come to Himmat’s house on Monday night on the occasion of Diwali to bless the couple and hand over gifts.
But, somehow, Himmat and his family members did not appreciate the gesture and entered into a heated argument with them. Himmat started hurling abuses at his in-laws. He went inside the house and came out with a knife and attacked Gilatar and his wife. When Dipti tried to intervene, Himmat stabbed her in the chest, killing her on the spot. Himmat, his mother Lakhuben and brother-in-law Kano alias Girish, attacked Dipti’s family members and injured them.
Police said that Himmat and Dipti had got married in 2014. However, Dipti went to live with her parents just nine days after marriage due to health issues. But Himmat never went to bring Dipti back. It was only after Dipti filed an application for maintenance in court, that Himmat brought her home in March 2022, nearly eight years after marriage.