SURAT: Ten persons including four cops and a scribe were booked for abetting
suicide
of a 73-year-old quarry owner whose body was fished out from a water-filled quarry near Khanjroli village in limits of Mandvi police station on Monday.
The deceased Durlabhbhai Patel was missing since the early hours on Monday. Body of the Rander resident was found in the evening from the quarry by a team of
Surat city
fire team. Police also recovered a suicide note from Patel’s office at the quarry.
In the suicide note Patel claimed that he was taking the extreme step as he was upset due to dispute related to ownership of some property. Applications were filed by Patel and other individuals involved in the dispute with the police. However, Patel alleged that police did not take his point into consideration and favoured the other parties during investigation.
Patel is survived by two sons who are in quarry business with him. While the deceased owns quarries at some other locations too, this quarry at Khanjroli was with him since 1983. The quarry is still in use and Patel was financially sound, police informed.
Son of the deceased Dharmesh Patel lodged a complaint with the police accusing 10 persons including four cops from Rander police station of forcing his father to commit suicide.
Based on Dharmesh’s complaint Mandvi police booked police inspector of Rander police station L P Bodana, constable
Vijay Shinde, scribe Mukesh Kulkarni, two other junior cops and five private persons. They have been booked for abatement to suicide and criminal intimidation.
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