Gujarat: Man stabs wife to death in public over suspicion of illicit affair

In a shocking incident reported from Gujarat’s Jamnagar, a 55-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife by stabbing her in public. The Indian Express reported. The police said prima facie, it appears that the man killed his wife suspecting her illicit affair.

The victim has been identified as Neeta Dabhi, a teacher at Thavariya Sim Shala in Jamnagar’s Thavariya village. She was waiting for a car to the school when her husband Praful Dabhi came in his car and stabbed her on the neck, back, hand and face, killing her on the spot, the police said.

“Another teacher, Rashmiben, who was present at the spot tried to shield Neeta but Dabhi attacked her also with the knife and shoved her aside. Rashmiben sustained a stab wound on her hand. Two other female teachers who happened to pass by in an autorickshaw stopped and called an ambulance. Neeta was rushed to GG Hospital where she was declared dead,” Mahavirkumar Jalu, SHO ‘A’ Division police station in Jamnagar, told The Indian Express.

“The husband suspected that his wife had an affair with a young man, over which they used to quarrel Due to this, the teacher left her husband’s home and was living at her father’s home in Jamnagar for the past 15 days,” officer said.

Accordding to the police, the accused has been taken into custody and his samples have been sent for COVID testing. If he tests negative, he will be arrested, the police said.

In his police complaint, Neeta’s father Ratilal Dharaviya said, he reached his daughter to Mahaprabhujini Bethak, where teachers gather ahead of taking their buses to their respective schools.

“At around 8 am, Gajendrasinh Jadeja, principal of Thavariya Sim Shala, called me, informing me that my daughter Neeta had been injured and that she had been taken to GG Hospital When I reached GG Hospital, I saw my daughter’s body lying on a stretcher,” the father stated in his complaint.

On the basis of his complaint, the accused has been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 302 (murder) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means).

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