Surat: Probe after miscreants ‘stab 40-year-old man to death, attack his friend’

A 40-year-old man was stabbed to loss of life and his good friend was severely wounded after the duo was allegedly attacked by a bunch of 15 youths over an previous enmity in Jahangirpura space of Surat on late Saturday. The son of an assistant sub-inspector at Rander police station has been recognized as one of many accused, police mentioned on Sunday.
Police mentioned that the incident came about on Ughat highway in Jahangirpura space of town. Jignesh Chauhan (26), a resident of Jahangirpura, and his good friend Sunil Venkatraman Ayyar (40) had been attacked by a bunch of youths after they had been standing by their automobile at an remoted location close to Sangini backyard, police mentioned.
According to police, a bunch of 15 youths armed with bats, iron rods and knives had attacked Jignesh and Sunil, leaving the 2 severely injured, and fled the spot. Akar Patel, a good friend of the duo, remained within the automobile on the time of the incident, after which he had referred to as an ambulance. Sunil was declared introduced useless on arrival, whereas Jignesh was admitted to a non-public hospital and is alleged to be in a important situation.

Akar recognized three of the 15 accused — Chintan Rakesh Patel, Himanshu Patel and Vithal Patel, all residents of Jahangirpura — and lodged a grievance on this connection at Jahangirpura police station on Sunday morning.

Police Inspector KA Gadhvi mentioned, “We have registered a complaint on the basis of Akar Patel’s statement. There is an old enmity between Chintan and Jignesh over some monetary or land dispute. Chintan is the son of Assistant Sub-Inspector Ramesh Patel, who works at Rander police station in Surat. We are trying to ascertain the whereabouts of the accused and they will be arrested soon.”