Guj: Man sentenced to life for killing three family members

A man was sentenced to life for killing his three family members with the help of his father in a suicide pact in Gujarat's Rajkot. The accused and his father Jitu Vajani (67) were arrested for killing three members of their family, on the basis of a suicide note written by the former.

Rajkot: A local court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to life imprisonment for killing three members of his family with the help of his father in a suicide pact in Gujarat's Rajkot.

The court of additional sessions judge P N Dave on Tuesday sentenced accused Alpesh Vajani to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of strangling to death his wife Deepali (36), mother Bharati (63) and son Madhav (5) on October 15, 2017.

The accused and his father Jitu Vajani (67) were arrested for killing three members of their family, on the basis of a suicide note written by the former, it was stated.

The accused in the suicide note had cited that the family was under heavy debt due to his mother's illness and he had entered a suicide pact with his wife and parents.

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Alpesh had also stated in the note that he and his father and were unable to kill themselves by hanging from the ceiling of their home and were going to commit suicide by coming under a train.

The case against Jitu Vajani was abated after he died in jail a year ago.

The duo had strangled the victims with a dupatta and had decided to hang themselves from the ceiling of their home, and later by coming under a moving train, but had failed to do so after developing cold feet.

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The prosecution used the suicide note as evidence against the accused and produced it along with a report from a handwriting expert.

PTI