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Tag: Gujarat murder

  • 14-year-old girl raped, strangled to death in Gujarat’s Bharuch district

    By PTI

    BHARUCH: A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death by an unidentified person near Amod town of Gujarat’s Bharuch district, police said on Wednesday.

    The victim’s body was found on the outskirts of Sarbhan village in the district’s Amod taluka on Monday evening, an official from Amod police station said.

    A post-mortem was conducted at Bharuch civil hospital and the report stated that the girl had been raped before being strangled, he said.

    The girl had left her home on Monday afternoon to collect firewood and did not return till evening.

    She was found dead on a cotton farm, he said.

    “A case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have been lodged against unidentified accused,” the official said.

    Senior police officials visited the site and separate teams from the local crime branch, special operations group and others have been formed to nab the accused, he added.

  • Woman in Gujarat kills son for harassing mentally unwell sister

    By PTI
    AMRELI: A woman allegedly killed her 30- year-old son for harassing his mentally unwell sister in Khera village in Gujarat’s Amreli district, police said on Monday.

    Savji Shiyal died after his mother Dudhiben and a neighbour, identified as Munna Baraiya, thrashed him with a stick late Sunday night, a Pipavav marine police station official said.

    “Shiyal, a father of four, was harassing his 22-year- old mentally unwell sister. Dudhiben called her neighbour Munna to calm down Shiyal. However, when all efforts failed, the two hit him with a stick. After he died, they left his corpse at home and absconded,” said Savarkundla Deputy Superintendent of Police KJ Chaudhary.

    Based on a complaint by Shiyal’s wife, Dudhiben and Munna have been charged with murder and efforts were on to nab them, he added.

  • Suspecting wife of infidelity, man kills minor daughter in Gujarat

    By PTI
    AHMEDABAD: A 23-year-old man allegedly killed his five-year-old daughter suspecting his wife of infidelity in Gujarat’s Anand district, police said on Thursday.

    The Anklav taluka police on Wednesday arrested Shailesh Padhiyar, a farmer, for strangling his daughter at a field near his house in Mujkuva village, sub-inspector P K Sodha said.

    Investigations have revealed that the accused quarrelled with his wife frequently and suspected that his daughter was born out of an extramarital affair, he said.

    “On January 26, Padhiyar approached the police claiming that someone had killed his daughter by strangling her,” the official said.

    The police found something amiss and on interrogation, the accused broke down and admitted to the crime, he said.

    Padhiyar took the child to a field and strangled her, following which he returned home and started looking for her, before approaching the police, the official added.