Gujarat: Jilted lover held for murdering nurse

RAJKOT: A 24-year-old youth of Mithapur village of Devbhoomi Dwarka district was arrested by Meghpar-Padana police for murdering a nurse. Police informed that the accused, Nagesh Vegda, was in a relationship with Seema Pandavadara. But infuriated over being spurned by Seema, Vegda killed her few days back.
Police had found a brutally murdered woman’s body from the outskirts of Jankhara village on May 14.In order to establish the victim’s identity, police posted her photos on social media. Three days later, a woman from a Jamnagar based Covid-19 hospital’s hostel identified the victim as her roommate Seema.
Seema, a final year student of a Nursing college in Rajkot, had moved to her native village of Suryavadar after the college was closed due to lockdown. After hospitals started recruiting nursing students at Covid-19 hospitals and she joined Jamnagar based Swaminarayan Covid-19 hospital six months ago and was living in its hostel.
“Seema was in love with brother-in-law (Vegda) of her elder brother for the last few years. After she got admission into the nursing college, her aspirations changed and she often told Vegda to find someone else as a life partner. This strained their relationships,” police said. Nagesh, a class X drop, is also jobless.
“On May 13, Vegda fixed a meeting with her and came to Jamnagar. They went on a drive, during which Seema received many phone calls. When Vegda asked her about the caller, Seema refused to answer which angered him. While on their way back to Jamnagar, Vegda bludgeoned Seema to death with a stone near Jankhara village,” police said.