Sacked from job, man, aide kill employer, his father and uncle in Surat

SURAT: A sacked embroidery worker in Gujarat’s Surat stabbed to death the firm owner, his father, and his uncle, police said on Sunday, adding they have arrested two suspects, one of them a juvenile.

The triple murder took place at the victim's company, Vedant Texo, located in the Anjani industrial area of Surat city, they said.

The suspects were said to be angry with his former employer for sacking him recently. Surat Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 5) Harshad Mehta told the media that Kalpesh Dholakia owned an embroidery unit.

“On Sunday around 9 a.m., the retrenched worker whose services were terminated 10 days ago came to the factory along with his associate. They had heated arguments with Dholakia, which soon turned into a scuffle. During the fight, one of the two accused stabbed Dholakia with a knife,” said the police officer. “Kalpesh’s father Dhanjibhai and maternal uncle Ghanshyam Razodia, who were present during the scuffle, intervened but they too were stabbed. The two then fled,” said Mehta.

He cited the CCTV footage, which shows the accused walking into the factory compound armed with sharp weapons and stabbing the victims multiple times. Another Deputy Commissioner of Police Pinakin Parmar told the media that the worker was terminated from his services because of some mistakes that he had made during his night duty hours.

That apparently damaged the production. “Preliminary information was that the industrial unit owner had paid all his dues before terminating the suspect’s services,” said Parmar. Those killed have been identified as Kalpesh Dholakia (36), Dhanji Dholakiya (61), and Ghanshyam Rajodiya (48).

(With inputs from PTI)