Couple in pool of blood, husband is murder suspect

Ahmedabad: The hotel staff were shocked by the sight of blood oozing out of a room’s door — when they entered the room, they found a couple in a pool of blood. The woman was dead and her husband now faces a case of murder.

On Monday, Bapunagar police registered the case against the man after they were called in by the hotel. Bapunagar police inspector A P Gadhvi said the staff of Athithi Guest House in Hatkeshwar have reported that the couple were locked in a quarrel before the incident. Police have not yet been able to determine the circumstances that yielded the gory scene.

Gadhvi said prima facie it appears that the man killed his wife and then attempted suicide. The man in question, Mehul Solanki, has undergone a surgery at a city hospital. The deceased has been identified as Yogita Solanki.

Bapunagar police said they have been able to establish that the couple were residents of slum quarters in Amraiwadi. According to police, the hotel staff said that soon after the couple entered their room, they began quarrelling. The staff said the arguments between the two were protracted and intense.

Police said that a relative has informed them that Yogita had lost her father earlier this month and the couple had returned on Monday morning from the home of Yogita’s parents. Later in the afternoon the two left home, informing the family that they were going to the bank. They never returned.

Police said that Yogita had wounds on her stomach and hands. Mehul has deep wounds on his throat.

Bapunagar police’s investigation, as of now, focuses on the possibility that Mehul killed his wife. “Once Mehul recovers, he will be questioned,” a police official said.