‘Black marketeer’ stabs worker to death at government hospital in Jamnagar | Ahmedabad News

This was the defendant’s second attack on the victim within an hour, police said.

The FIR, filed on the basis of a complaint by Zala’s friend Sukhdevsinh Jadeja, states that Chudasama hit Zala on the head with an iron rod near the gate of police headquarters on Saru Section Road of Jamnagar city at around 11.30 pm on Wednesday. After this attack, Ravirajsinh Parmar, another friend of Zala, took the victim to the trauma centre of GG Hospital. Meanwhile, Zala also called Jadeja and informed him that Chudasama had attacked him and asked Jadeja to meet him at the hospital.

“Zala was treated at the trauma centre… However, he succumbed to his injuries after brief treatment,” PP Jha, police inspector of Jamnagar Division B police station, told The Indian Express.

“The reason behind this incident (murder) is that this Jaypalsinh Chudasama was selling liquor and every time he was caught by the police, he suspected that Dharmarajsinh alias Bhuro had tipped off (the police) about him. About one and a half months ago, Jaypalsinh had gone to Bhuro’s residence and they had an argument. The two have been having a quarrel since then,” the FIR quoted Jadeja, 42, owner of a brass parts manufacturing unit, as saying in his complaint.

The police inspector said that Zala and Chudasama were friends. “They were not only friends since childhood but also neighbours,” Jha said, adding, “Zala was undergoing treatment for mental illness for the past eight months. Chudasama used to tease Zala about this. This led to a scuffle which later turned violent.”

Based on Jadeja’s complaint, the police have filed charges against Chudasama, Rathod, Vaghela and Parmar under sections 302 (murder), 504 (intentionally insulting with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 114 (to commit the offence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

“The accused fled after attacking Zala for the second time in the hospital. Efforts are on to nab him,” Jha said.