Patel's killing was plotted a month ago: Police
Police said Patel and Prajapati lived in the same neighbourhood and knew each other well. They had fallen out over relationships with the same woman and had fought bitterly some months ago. "Prajapati decided to kill Patel and was looking for an opportunity. On the night of May 7, Prajapati got Patel to give him a lift in his car. Prajapati had red chilli powder and a knife with him. When the car reached a secluded spot near Golden Chowkdi, Prajapati asked Patel to stop the vehicle, saying he wanted to relieve himself," police said. When Patel, 29, stopped the car, Prajapati threw the chilli powder into his face and cut his throat before he could react. Prajapati then put Patel's body in the passenger seat and drove the car on Halol Road. He disposed of Patel's body in the canal on Halol Road and then took the car to a friend's place in Vasna. When Patel, a resident of Darjipura, didn't return home until late, his family began looking for him. Police said that Prajapati even joined the family, pretending to search for Patel. He even went around with the police during the early part of the investigation to keep an eye on them. Crime branch got hold of CCTV footage from the Halol toll plaza, which showed that Patel's car had passed there on the night of May 7. "We knew Prajapati didn't get along with Patel. When we questioned him, he kept changing his statements and finally broke down and confessed to killing Patel," a crime branch official said. Prajapati told investigators that he feared Patel's car would be traced, so he decided to dump it in the Mahi river on the night of May 10. "From the manner in which Prajapati plotted Patel's killing, it is possible he got the idea from some movie or serial," a police official said. Apart from a relationship with the same woman, the accused was also angry at Patel for pressing him to vacate his rented house. Patel ran an agency fixing license plates on vehicles, while Prajapati also did RTO-related work.
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