By PTI
PATAN: Police have arrested 8 individuals for allegedly killing an inmate of a personal drug rehabilitation centre by beating him and pouring molten plastic on his personal elements after which hurriedly cremating the physique in Gujarat’s Patan city, an official mentioned on Saturday.
Hardik Suthar (25) was murdered on February 17 and the accused, together with the centre’s supervisor, burnt the physique at a cremation floor the identical evening by claiming his dying to be pure in a telephone name to his uncle, mentioned Deputy Superintendent of Police Ok Ok Pandya.
The crime got here to mild after police labored on a tip-off and went by the footage of CCTV cameras put in on the facility — Jayona de-addiction centre — and the locality.
Clips from one of many surveillance cameras confirmed a gaggle of individuals brutally thrashing Suthar, he mentioned.
“We have arrested eight persons in this connection on charges of murder (Indian Penal Code section 302) and destruction of evidence (section 201) among others after an FIR was registered on March 8. Further investigation is underway,” Pandya mentioned.
Another official mentioned the centre’s supervisor was upset as Suthar, who had been on the centre for the previous six months, was insisting on going again dwelling.
“On February 17, Suthar went inside the bathroom and slit his wrist, which agitated manager Sandeep Patel. To teach him a lesson, Patel started thrashing him with a plastic pipe,” mentioned R Ok Amin, inspector of the native crime department.
A couple of different inmates from the rehab centre helped Patel tie Suthar’s palms and legs after which joined the supervisor in assaulting Suthar. Further, the group burnt his personal elements utilizing molten plastic, Amin mentioned.
To destroy proof, they referred to as Suthar’s uncle, who was his guardian. They lied to him saying that Suthar had died resulting from low blood strain. So they burnt his physique late at evening at an area crematorium.
PATAN: Police have arrested 8 individuals for allegedly killing an inmate of a personal drug rehabilitation centre by beating him and pouring molten plastic on his personal elements after which hurriedly cremating the physique in Gujarat’s Patan city, an official mentioned on Saturday.
Hardik Suthar (25) was murdered on February 17 and the accused, together with the centre’s supervisor, burnt the physique at a cremation floor the identical evening by claiming his dying to be pure in a telephone name to his uncle, mentioned Deputy Superintendent of Police Ok Ok Pandya.
The crime got here to mild after police labored on a tip-off and went by the footage of CCTV cameras put in on the facility — Jayona de-addiction centre — and the locality.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Clips from one of many surveillance cameras confirmed a gaggle of individuals brutally thrashing Suthar, he mentioned.
“We have arrested eight persons in this connection on charges of murder (Indian Penal Code section 302) and destruction of evidence (section 201) among others after an FIR was registered on March 8. Further investigation is underway,” Pandya mentioned.
Another official mentioned the centre’s supervisor was upset as Suthar, who had been on the centre for the previous six months, was insisting on going again dwelling.
“On February 17, Suthar went inside the bathroom and slit his wrist, which agitated manager Sandeep Patel. To teach him a lesson, Patel started thrashing him with a plastic pipe,” mentioned R Ok Amin, inspector of the native crime department.
A couple of different inmates from the rehab centre helped Patel tie Suthar’s palms and legs after which joined the supervisor in assaulting Suthar. Further, the group burnt his personal elements utilizing molten plastic, Amin mentioned.
To destroy proof, they referred to as Suthar’s uncle, who was his guardian. They lied to him saying that Suthar had died resulting from low blood strain. So they burnt his physique late at evening at an area crematorium.