Fight over stench of milk products ends in murder

RAJKOT: A year-long dispute between two families over the stench of milk products being made and sold in a shop took a violent turn late on Sunday night with four persons allegedly murdering a 32-year-old man.

The deceased,

Arif Ghulam Hussain Chavda

, was a member of local BJP minority cell and a constant companion of the cell’s president.

Chavda was attacked by Abdul Khebar, his son Wasim, brother Iqbal and the latter's son Rameez near

Lakhiraj Shramjivi Society

on Dudhsagar Road.

Wasim used to sell

buttermilk

in his shop near Chavda's house and made paneer too. Chavda's family members were fed-up with the constant stench of the milk products emanating from the shop and the two families often fought over the issue, said police.

On Sunday night, Chavda's brothers - Mushtaq and Iqbal - went to Wasim's shop to take up the issue and asked him to shut his shop there. As there was a bitter altercation between them, Chavda went there to pacify his brothers and told them to return home.

However, when Chavda had just reached outside his house, the two brothers and their sons, armed with knives, scythes and pipes, launched a brutal attack on him. "The stabbing injury in the spine turned out to be fatal for Chavda, who died in a private hospital, after midnight," said HM Hadiya, police inspector,

Thorala

police station.

Police nabbed Iqbal and his son Rameez from Bhistiwad area while Wasim and his father Abdul, who both also suffered injuries in the fight, have been admitted to the hospital.

Wasim also lodged a complaint against Chavda and his brothers Aabid, Mushtaq and Iqbal who were booked for rioting.