Man killed by girlfriend’s father in cold blood

Rajkot:

Disapproving the love affair of his daughter

, a father in cahoots with eight more assailants allegedly clubbed her 21-year-old boyfriend to death with bats and iron pipes in Sartanpar village of Jasdan taluka in Rajkot district.

While the crime was committed on Monday, the deceased, identified as Ashish Rojasara, succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Jasdan police station which had earlier lodged an attempt to murder case converted the offence to murder after Rojasara’s death. Cops booked Manu Makwana, Jayenti Makwana, Vinu Makwana, Prakash Makwana, Budha Makwana and four more unidentified accomplices for the crime.

According to police, Manu Makwana was totally against Rojasara and his daughter’s love affair and wanted to remove the man from his daughter’s life anyhow. Along with the eight accomplices, he allegedly plotted Rojasara’s assassination. “While Rojasara was working at a farm, Manu and the co-accused arrived there armed with bats and iron pipes. They attacked Rojasara, hitting him on his head, face, back and feet, rendering him unconscious. The accused then fled from the spot,” said K R Rawat, inspector with Jasdan police station.

“Father Jayenti Rojasara rushed his grievously injured son first to Botad Civil Hospital, from where he was taken to Bhavnagar hospital and then to Ahmedabad. However, Rojasara succumbed to his injuries,” said Rawat, adding that the police have launched a manhunt for the accused.