Shock as four murders reported in Surat, Amreli and Bhavnagar on Diwali night

Incidents of murder and lethal attacks reported in the Surat, Amreli, and Bhavnagar districts of Gujarat on the night of the Diwali festival have spread fear across the region. During the festival of light and celebration, reports of 4 separate murders have emerged following attacks carried out by anti-social elements in these three districts.

Two murder incidents occurred in Surat district. In the Limbayat-Azadnagar area, a youth working in colour-work was murdered with a sharp weapon by a person named Sahil. The family of the deceased has made serious allegations that anti-social elements involved in the trade of ganja and illicit liquor in the area were behind this murder. The second incident took place in the Bhatar area of Surat, where an 18-year-old youth named Prasiddh Santosh More was murdered in public following an argument over a trivial matter regarding bursting firecrackers. Khatodara police have initiated efforts to apprehend the accused in this matter.

In the Bhagatvi Para area of Khamba taluka in Amreli district, one murder occurred due to a group clash. Here, a fight with sharp weapons broke out between two groups of the same community due to old grievances. In this violence, Sultanbhai Daudbhai Solanki was brutally murdered, while more than 5 people were seriously injured. The injured were shifted to government hospitals in Khamba and Amreli for treatment, and Khamba police reached the spot to bring the situation under control.

In the Kumbharpara area of Bhavnagar, 25-year-old Rohit alias Batu Budhabhai Baraiya was murdered due to an old enmity. When Rohit left home to collect a food parcel, persons including Vijay Rathod, Kartik Rathod, and Ramo Rathod surrounded him and launched a lethal attack using a dharia, knife, and wooden axe. After committing the murder, the attackers reached the deceased's home and attacked his parents, in which the father, Budhabhai Baraiya, was seriously injured. Gangajalaiya police have registered a crime and established checkpoints to search for the accused.