Three booked for murder of man over relationship with married woman

Rajkot: The Savarkundla Rural police on Saturday booked three persons in connection with the murder of a 26-year-old man Nilesh Chudasama, a crime that reportedly stemmed from his romantic relationship with a woman from another community.Based on the complaint lodged by the victim's brother Viral, the police booked Vijay alias Rakesh Nakum, husband of the woman, Tarun Bambhaniya and Amit Hadia. Chudasama was found critically injured behind Virani High School in Badhada village near Savarkundla on April 29 and succumbed in the hospital. In his complaint, the victim's brother Viral said Nilesh, in severe pain, told him that members of the woman's family had brutally assaulted him.Viral stated that Nilesh had been in a relationship with a married woman from a nearby village. He had left home on April 17, saying he was going to Surat to meet her, but contact was lost the next day after his phone was switched off.The family began receiving threats soon after. On April 18, an unidentified caller warned them that Nilesh had eloped with the woman and demanded her return. On April 25, Bambhaniya, Nakum, Hadia and another person allegedly visited Nilesh's house, questioning the family about the woman.The complaint also states that Bambhaniya posted two videos on Instagram. One showed Viral and his mother being questioned, while the other showed Nilesh seated and apologising to the Ahir community, with visible blade-cut injuries on his arms.Sources said Nilesh and the woman had been staying at a hotel in Ahmedabad before he was allegedly traced and picked up on April 28 — a day before he was found fatally assaulted.In one of the videos, Bambhaniya is also seen issuing a warning that anyone eloping with a woman from the Ahir community would face severe consequences.
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