MP man held for murder of two women in Sanand village

In a breakthrough within days, the Ahmedabad Rural Local Crime Branch (LCB) has arrested a man in connection with the brutal double murder of two women near Chancharawadi Vasana village in Sanand taluka.

On April 14, the bodies of Jatanben Manjibhai Solanki and Sonben Khushalbhai Solanki were discovered in a pasture near the Patiya area of Chancharawadi Vasana. Both women, residents of nearby Matoda village, had sustained severe facial injuries. Preliminary investigations indicated that they had been attacked with a heavy object. A case was registered at Changodar police station under BNS Section 103(1).

Owing to the seriousness and initially undetected nature of the crime, multiple teams comprising officers from the LCB, Special Operations Group (SOG), Changodar police , and forensic experts were deployed.

The investigation involved the review of CCTV footage from the area, verification of vehicle movements, and questioning of people who were travelling along the route at the time of the incident. Security guards and workers from nearby industrial units, along with residents of Matoda and Chancharawadi Vasana, were also interrogated.

Through technical surveillance and ground-level enquiries, the LCB team identified Bhole Lalman Kol (47), a native of Pratappur village in Satna district, Madhya Pradesh, as a suspect. Kol had been residing in Chancharawadi Vasana on rent and had reportedly fled to his native village shortly after the incident.

An LCB team was dispatched to Madhya Pradesh, where Kol was apprehended and brought back for questioning. During interrogation, he confessed to killing the two women by striking them with a stone.

According to the police, the accused was personally acquainted with the victims. On the day of the incident, he allegedly approached one of the women seeking sexual favours. When she rebuked him and struck him with a stone in anger, he retaliated by attacking and killing her. The second woman, who witnessed the assault, attempted to flee towards the village to seek help. Kol chased her down and killed her as well.

Police stated that Kol’s confession is being corroborated with other pieces of evidence as part of the ongoing investigation. He is currently in custody at Changodar police station.