Surat: A rivalry between two friends, smitten by same woman, led to murder of one of them in Ankleshwar. Satish Vasava was killed by his former friend and six unidentified people on Friday night.
The deceased Satish and the accused Rakesh Vasava were best friends until a year ago. Police said that Satish started dating a nurse named Divya Vasava, but after a brief period they had a break-up and she got into a relationship with Rakesh. Since then, the two friends severed ties and often got into verbal fights over petty issues.
On Friday late night when Satish, along with his nephew Kishan, was going to purchase some essentials for his boat, Rakesh and six others stopped them near Nava Tariya village in Ankleshwar taluka and attacked them. Kishan told police that Rakesh hit his uncle with a sickle on his head and before they could attack him, he managed to flee from there.