Surat: Three persons were convicted by a local court on Tuesday in a case pertaining to loot and murder of a 60-year-old woman in Katargam area in December 2011.
The key accused knew that the woman’s husband keeps cash at home based on which they hatched the loot plan leading to murder.
Court of additional sessions judge AS Vyas convicted Bhavesh alias Dharmesh Dedkawala, Vishal Patel and Akshay Bardoliya for alleged murder of deceased Prabha Khant.
“The court convicted the accused considering circumstantial evidence.
A woman confirmed presence of the accused outside the apartment of the deceased woman after the murder,” said Kirit Panwala, special public prosecutor.
Khant was stabbed multiple times in the throat by the accused between 4 and 4.30 pm on December 9, 2011 when she was alone at her apartment.
Probe in the case revealed that the accused Dedkawala was Khant’s husband Gokul’s friend and the duo often met.
Dedkawala knew that Gokul keeps cash at home and planned a loot, which he and his two accomplices decided to execute when the latter wasn’t present at home.