Ghatlodia

Vivek Rajput

Shah

Sunita

Vivek

Devdutt

Lakeview Society

Vastrapur

Darshan Apartment

SM Patel

Priyanka

Shyam Sunder

Memnagar

Special Operation Group

PASA

Gujarat

In a tragic end to a love triangle, a 30-yearold man was stabbed to death by his wife’s former lover in. Vastrapur-residentwas allegedly stabbed multiple times by 27-year-old Devduttin a fit of rage, police sources said. According to the cops, Shah was enraged because his former girlfriendhad marriedin September this year. “In the wee hours of Sunday,ambushed the couple and stabbed Vivek multiple times,” police sources said. Devdutt, who fled the scene after the incident, has been booked for murder.Sunita, who lives inin, told cops that Devdutt had been harassing her for quite some time. At midnight on Sunday, Devdutt allegedly called her up and threatened to kill Vivek unless he returned Rs 1.5 lakh that he had borrowed from his former girlfriend. The complaint stated, “Devdutt told Sunita that Vivek’s former girlfriend had authorized him to recover the money and that he would kill them if they didn’t pay up. A disturbed Vivek and Sunita, along with a couple of friends, immediately went to visit his former girlfriend’s house inin Ghatlodia to find out what the issue was. While they were clarifying the matter with the woman in the parking lot, Devdutt and his accomplice ambushed the couple.”According to the complaint, Devdutt verbally abused Vivek and then stabbed him repeatedly with a sharp object. “He kept asking Vivek why he had married Sunita. By the time the victim’s friends could intervene, Devdutt had fled the scene,” the complaint said. Vivek was rushed to a private hospital but was pronounced dead by the doctors. According to the police, Vivek who was celebrating his 30th birthday on Saturday had the same friend circle as Devdutt and that is how he met 26-year-old Sunita.The complaint said, “Sunita is a native of Petlad. She married Vivek in a court ceremony in September this year after an eight-month courtship. Sunita had come to Ahmedabad to study designing at a private institute in Vastrapur where she met Devdutt. The two became close friends but she fell in love with Vivek and married him. This did not go down well with Devdutt, who has a history of criminal activities.” Ghatlodia police inspectorsaid, “We have formed two different teams to find out Devdutt’s location. Meanwhile, we have taken statements of Sunita and Shivang, Yash andwho were present at the murder scene.”According to sources, Devdutt, a resident ofRow Houses in, aspired to become a gangster. Thehad arrested him in March 2016 after he had fired two rounds at a cafe in a city hotel because the manager refused to increase the volume of the music. “He had been using his father Kalpesh Shah’s licenced gun at the time. He was sent to jail under. A case of cheating has also been filed against him inUniversity police station in 2015.