A 50-year-old fisherman from Gujarat, who was arrested by Pakistani authorities a year ago on high seas, died in a jail in that country due to unknown reasons, an official said on Monday.
The victim was identified as Gopal Rathod, a resident of Mafatnagar near Prabhudas lake in Bhavnagar.
According to a complaint filed by Gopal’s sister Ranjan Rathod with Gangajaiya police station, Vishal Gohel had killed her brother.
Police said that it was Gopal’s birthday on Sunday so he went to Soni Bazaar area where he used to live a few years ago, to celebrate his special day with old friends.
“He had also brought a birthday cake with him. He had called his friends Vishal, Ajay Vaghela and Prakash for cake cutting. But while cutting the cake cutting Gopal and Vishal entered into a verbal dual over some issue. An angry Vishal stabbed Gopal over ten times and fled the place,” police sources said.