Gujarat: BJP worker hacked to death in Navsari over past rift

SURAT: A BJP worker was murdered outside his house of his relative in Navsari late on Sunday night over a past rift.
The deceased Shailesh Parmar, who worked as a driver, was leaving for his home, when six persons identified as Sumit Jadhav, Umesh Vanam, Rakesh Solanki, Piyush Thakore, Ajit Mishra and Rajesh Diwakar, attacked him with pipes, knives and an axe.
Police said that Vanam had been seething in anger to take revenge for his brother Nilesh’s murder that took place during Navratri in 2017.Police said that Nilesh had a fight with a few people including Parmar which had led to his death. The conflict was resolved then as Nilesh’s family and those involved in his death had reached a settlement.
Vanam, however, wanted to take revenge so he planned the murder along with five others. On Sunday night when Parmar was approaching his scooter, Jadhav hit a pipe on Parmar’s head due to which he collapsed. Vanam then hit an axe on Parmar’s head a few times.
On hearing the commotion when Parmar’s relatives rushed to help, the attackers targeted them as well. After a couple of minutes the attackers fled in two auto-rickshaws and Parmar was taken to Navsari Civil Hospital from where he was referred to a private hospital. He succumbed to his injuries on Sunday midnight during treatment.
Parmar’s nephew lodged a complaint of rioting, murder and criminal conspiracy at Navsari Town police station.
On Monday, police detained Jadhav, Vanam, Mishra and Thakore. “We have kept them in quarantine and will formally arrest them on Tuesday when their Covid-19 test report arrive,” said a police official.