Rajkot: A 25-year-old murder accused was hacked to death in a village near Wankaner town of Morbi district on Thursday evening. The victim was identified as Rahul Gohel (25), a resident of Rushi Prasad society on Kothariya Road in Rajkot city. Police have booked six persons including Eijaz Payak, Sohel Kabar and Nizam Hothi, all residents of Rajkot city. It is learnt, the murder is fallout of a revenge taken by Payak whose brother was killed by Gohel more than a year back. Gohel and his associate Nitin Dabhi were among the accused in murder of Sohel, who was Eijaz Payak’s brother. Sohel was hacked to death in November 2019 at Regional Transport Office (RTO) over a petty issue. Gohel was arrested in this case and was sent to jail. A few weeks ago, Gohel and Dabhi got bail in the murder case. Since then Payak and his men kept a watch on them. Gohel was engaged in sand transportation business and regularly used visit Machhu river near Mayka village regularly. On Thursday too Gohel, along with Dabhi, went to Machhu river to load sand in the truck. Payak and his men, who were hiding by the roadside, intercepted Rahul’s truck with an SUV. The assailants dragged Gohel down from the truck and stabbed him many times and he died at the spot. However, Dabhi managed to escape and informed Gohel’s family members about the attack. “We have detained some of the suspects in this murder case and are questioning them. We will soon arrest all the accused,” police said.
Murder accused hacked to death
