Accident or murder? 42 injuries on body of deceased Gondal youth, father cries foul

A youth from Gondal, Rajkumar Jat, who lived in Gayatri Nagar, Gondal and went missing mysteriously after an alleged altercation with a former MLA’s son, died in a vehicle accident near Rajkot, according to the police.

However, despite the passage of 10 days of the incident, the police have not been able to find the vehicle that caused the accident, or any other evidence backing the investigation, raising doubts with the investigation, On Thursday, the police revealed that 42 minor and major injuries were found on the body of the deceased Rajkumar during the postmortem. However, the cause behind the injuries were not revealed. The police speculated that these injuries may have been the result of an accident.

The police further said that the injuries were mostly found on the stomach and back of the deceased. Doctors have given their opinion that the death was due to a head injury, i.e. brain hemorrhage.

The police also said that the deceased was alive when the 108 ambulance arrived at the spot and that victim died upon arriving at the Civil Hospital.

ACP Baria said that since there were no CCTV cameras at the spot, making it harder to spot the vehicle that may have caused the accident.

Deceased’s father Ratanlal Jat alleged that former Gondal MLA Jayrajsinh Jadeja and his son Ganesh were involved in his son’s murder.

Furthermore, Ratanlal rejected the police’s accident theory and said that the CCTV footage released by the police has been tampered with.

Jat reportedly alleged that when Gondal PI Gosai was informed about this incident and Jayrajsinh was mentioned, he did not offer any satisfactory answer.