SURAT: A railway gateman was arrested from Daman on Saturday for murdering his wife’s paramour at Derol village in Bharuch district on June 10.
The accused Shashikant Vasava had learnt about his wife Yogita’s extra-marital affair with the 27-year-old deceased Satish Valand.
Yogita and Valand had developed feelings for each other as Valand lived near her parents’ house in Vagra village and they used to meet often.
The married couple used to have a fight regularly over the extra-marital affair, so Vasava decided to bump off Valand.
The deceased worked in a pharma company at Panoli.
Vasava convinced Valand to come near the crematorium on the outskirts of the Derol village as he wanted to talk.
Police said that Valand deliberately chose the place, as it was a deserted area and nobody turns up there.
In the middle of the conversation, Vasava pulled out a knife and stabbed Valand multiple times before fleeing from there.
The body was noticed by a passer-by after several hours and he alerted police.
Cops said that they had a suspicion that Valand was murdered over a love affair and their prime suspect was Vasava since he called Valand, and his mobile phone’s location was found somewhere towards Valsad and Daman.
“The location showed that the accused was moving before he stopped so we shared his location and photo with Valsad police so that he can be nabbed before our team could reach there,” said inspector P S Gadhvi of Bharuch Taluka police station.
Since he fled on bike, based on his location and bike’s number, cops apprehended him.
Later, during interrogation Vasava admitted that he killed Valand because of his affair with Yogita.
Cops are yet to recover the knife that he used for the murder.