A person allegedly stabbed his father-in-law and sister-in-law to dying after assaulting them inside their residence at Sarodi village in Surendranagar district’s Thangadh taluka on Tuesday, police mentioned. The accused allegedly attacked 5 of his kin, together with his spouse, following a dispute, they added.
The accused, Hitesh Koradiya, a resident of Muli, locked himself up in his father-in-law’s home to flee a mob that gathered outdoors the home and was detained by the police later.
According to police, Hitesh’s spouse Meena had returned to her father’s residence at Sarodi village round eight months in the past as a consequence of a marital dispute and had delivered the couple’s first baby 4 months in the past. Around 11.30 am Tuesday, Koradiya had reached his father-in-law Damjibhai Chavda’s home, and shortly after an argument broke out.
Koradiya stabbed Dambjibhai, Meena, and the latter’s three sisters — Sonal, Usha, and Lalita—in a match of rage, police mentioned. Injured Sonal and Damjibhai have been rushed to a hospital in Thangadh and later referred to a hospital in Wankaner. However, 22-year-old Sonal succumbed on technique to Wankaner. The 50-year-old Dambjibhai was ultimately referred to PDU Hospital in Rajkot, the place he died throughout remedy, police inspector Mohan Chaudhary, the in-charge of Thangadh police station, mentioned.
Usha and Lalita have been additionally present process remedy however their situation was reported out of hazard, police mentioned. Koradiya too was injured within the violence and has been admitted to a hospital in Rajkot, they added.
“Due to marital discord, Meena had returned to her parents’ home around eight months ago. Koradiya had come to see his son for the second time after he was born on Tuesday. But due to some dispute, he became violent and attacked his in-laws with a knife, leaving his father-in-law and one of the three sisters-in-law dead,” the police inspector mentioned. The couple had married round one-and-a-half-year in the past.
After fatally stabbing his in-laws, Koradiya locked himself inside his in-law’s residence itself as a crowd gathered outdoors. “After being alerted about the incident, we rushed to the spot and found that the accused had locked himself in a room in his father-in-law’s house. A crowd had gathered outside, demanding that the accused be handed over to them. However, we dispersed the crowd and detained the Koradiya from that room itself,” Chaudhary mentioned.
The police inspector added that course of was on to register a case of homicide in opposition to Koradiya.
