Surat, January 3: A 27-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his roommate after argument over chopping of onion in Sachin area of Gujarat's Surat city. The murder took place on the night of December 31. The accused, identified as Raju Chauhan from Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, was nabbed from a train in Maharashtra. The deceased man was identified as 35-year-old Jiut Rajbhar.
According to a report, Rajbhar, a worker in a textile unit, was staying with one Sharavan Rai in the terrace rooms of Gurudev enterprise in Hojiwala industrial estate. A month ago, Chauhan, who is a friend of Rai, joined them as roommates.
Here's what happened on December 31
On the night of December 31, the trio were sitting for dinner when Rajbhar allegedly asked Chauhan to cut an onion. This angered Chauhan and he had an argument with Rajbhar, the report said. After dinner, Rai went for his job. Soon, Rajbhar and Chauhan quarrelled again. This time, Chauhan allegedly became violent and hit Rajbhar with a brick.
Rajbhar died after being hit by a brick and Chauhan left the room with his bag around 5 am on January 1. He took a motorcycle from a friend and left it on the way. He later boarded the Udhna-Bhusawal train. After cops were informed, an investigation was launched to nab Chauhan.
RPF helps catch accused
After preliminary probe and checking CCTV footages, the police came to know that he Chauhan was on the train. They alerted the RPF and a team nabbed Chauhan from the train in Maharashtra's Jalgaon district. Further investigation was underway.
