Ahmedabad: 34-year-old man hacked to death by four men for complaining against drug addicts

Some media outlets have claimed that crimes have gone down sharply because of coronavirus lockdown but that dosen’t seem to be the case. In a horrific incident, a 34-year-old man was hacked to death by four men for making a complaint against drug addicts.

The incident happened on Tuesday in Ahmedabad’s Vatva area. The victim had informed the police about some men taking drugs and forming a sort of racket. The victim has been identified as Mohsin Memon.

According to a report in TOI, the victim’s father Hanif Memon had lodged a complaint with the police in connection with the killing of his son. The four accused have been identified as Furkankhan Pathan, Sohailkhan Pathan, Maqboolkhan Pathan and Tabrezkhan Pathan. All of them aree locals of the area.

As per the police, all the accused are drug addicts. "On March 19, police had filed cases against the three accused after a complaint by Mohsin Sheikh. After the complaint, Tabrezkhan Pathan was arrested and detained under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA)," said HV Sisara, Inspector, Vatva police station.

As maintained by the report the police have taken all the accused into custody and have sent them for coronavirus tests.

Police sources said that one of the accused Tabrezkhan was released from jail in April and since then was looking to take revenge from Mohsin Memon.

According to the FIR, the accused were waiting for Mohsin at Saniya Hotel at around 9 pm.

When Mohsin Memon arrived at the spot, he was attacked by the four accused by knives. Mohsin was immediately rushed to a hospital in an autorickshaw but was declared dead on arrival. The complainant and father of Mohsin was present at the spot.

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