Couple hacked to death by nephew

VADODARA: In a chilling incident a man, angry with being berated for his unemployed status, allegedly hacked his uncle and aunt to death in Shehra taluka of Panchmahal on Sunday.
The accused Jayanti Nayak killed his uncle Arjan Nayak (34) and aunt Radha Nayak (36) with an axe when they were asleep at their home in Sambhali village in the wee hours of Sunday. Jayanti was nabbed by locals and beaten up before being handed over to police on Sunday noon.
Police said that Jayanti was sighted by his father Pratap in the early hours of Sunday while he was walking away suspiciously towards the canal in their village. Pratap quickly went to Arjan’s house and found the couple in a pool of blood. He called the couple’s son and other villagers who located Jayanti and beat him up before handing him over to cops.
“The accused has not been arrested yet as he is undergoing treatment,” said a policeman. When Jayanti was interrogated, he said that the victims used to often scold him for not earning anything as well as not even helping with household work. On Saturday night too, when other family members had gone to a wedding Jayanti was scolded, after which he decided to kill the couple. Jayanti had been living with Arjan and Radha since his wife left him around seven years ago to marry another man.