‘Slashes wrist, drinks phenyl’: CRPF jawan kills ASI live-in partner in Gujarat over argument, surrenders after failed suicide attempt | Rajkot News
RAJKOT: A 25-year-old woman police officer was killed by her live-in partner, a CRPF jawan, after an argument late on Friday night. The accused then attempted suicide but survived and surrendered to Anjar police on Saturday morning. Aruna Jadav, was an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Anjar police station. Her partner, Dilip Jadav, is a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan, posted in Manipur. They were from neighbouring villages in Surendranagar district and had been in a long-term relationship and planned to marry. Aruna was from Dervala village of Lakhtar taluka and Dilip was from Tokrala village of Limbdi taluka.
According to police officials, both were on leave and had travelled to Ahmedabad for shopping and a short vacation. Sagar Bagmar, superintendent of police (Kutch East), said, “In the heat of an argument, Jadav throttled Aruna to death. After realizing what he had done, he attempted suicide by slashing his wrist with a knife and drinking phenyl. He vomited and survived.” The killing occurred at a rented house in Gangotri Society in Anjar, where the couple was staying. Neighbours reported hearing loud arguments between the two at about 11pm on Friday. The accused remained with the body until 10am. On Saturday morning, Jadav walked into Anjar police station and confessed to the murder.Anjar police inspector Ajaysinh Gohil said, “We learned about the death of Aruna when Dilip confessed. We rushed to their residence and recovered her body. We informed the victim’s family and sent the body for a postmortem. The accused is in custody. We are probing the sequence of events that led to the killing.”
