Gujarat: Four arrested for murdering DySP’s father in Narmada

VADODARA: The Narmada police have arrested four persons for murdering a 70-year-old man, a resident of Mangu village in Tilakwada taluka. The victim Sanabhai Bariya is father of a cop who recently got promoted to deputy superintendent rank.
According to the police, Sanabhai had helped a youngster in getting a loan from a farmer last year. Sanabhai kept asking the youngster to return the money and even had arguments with him.On July 8, four men gathered in the field where Sanabhai was present and assaulted him. The accused hit Sanabhai with a spade causing injuries to his head.
To mislead the cops and show that Sanabhai died in road accident, the accused disposed off his body near Pahad village. They even abandoned the Sanabhai’s two-wheeler at the same spot. The Narmada local crime branch (LCB) swung into action after the body was recovered on July 10. On the basis of tip-off, they nabbed four men including Altaf Ghori, Saddam Hussain Ghori, Rameez Khan Hussain and Ashraf Khan Ghori, all residents of Tilakwada.
The accused told the cops that Sanabhai had helped Altaf’s friend in getting a loan last year. But Altaf’s friend wasn’t returning the money and hence Sanabhai got into arguments with Altaf who then decided to kill Sanabhai. Sanabhai’s son R S Bariya had served as police inspector in Panigate, Harni and Fatehgunj police station in the city. He recently got promoted as DySP and is posted in Rajkot.