What was initially reported as the suicide of a 26-year-old man at his home in Gujarat’s Rajkot district turned out to be a murder, with police arresting his parents after an autopsy showed he died of strangulation, officials said on Friday.
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Ram Bharwad, a resident of Gondala village in Gondal taluka, died on June 30.
His parents made him drink acid
Police said his parents, Babubhai Bambava and Manishaben Bambava, forced him to take acid during an argument over his drinking habit and then strangled him. They were arrested on Friday.
Rajkot (rural) SP Vijay Singh said: “The autopsy results did not match the suicide account given by the parents. During interrogation, they confessed to the crime… After the autopsy, Ram’s wife lodged a complaint against her in-laws and the case was registered under BNS sections 103 (1) (murder), 124 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt using acid) and 54 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).” Gurjar. htc
