Doctor Mukesh Prajapati; (right) Vipul Vyas, the accused

AHMEDABAD: A man of about 25 years shot at a doctor on Monday afternoon, one year after his wife died after complications developed during delivery at the doctor’s hospital in Odhav. She later died at Civil Hospital.

Dr Mukesh Prajapati, a resident of Vastral whose clinic in in Odhav, suffered a wound to his left upper arm after the accused, Vipul Vyas, also a resident of Odhav, shot him from behind.

In his statement to Odhav police, Prajapati said that the incident occurred when he was returning his home on his scooter after withdrawing money from a bank at Rabari Vasahat Crossroads.

His phone had rung and he parked his scooter by the road and began talking on the phone.

He suddenly felt an impact on his left upper arm after a gunshot. He then found his arm bleeding severely.

He looked around and saw the accused riding his motorcycle away, while holding a pistol in his hand, the FIR reads.

Prajapati, an ayurveda doctor, said he runs a multispecialty hospital in Krushnakunj Shopping Centre in Odhav, where Vyas’ wife Rupal had come during her pregnancy.

A gynaecologist named Safalta Gupta had treated Rupal at Prajapati’s hospital.

During Rupal’s delivery, she suffered complications and was advised to have a caesarean delivery. Rupal’s condition worsened after delivering a girl. She was first shifted to a private hospital and later to the Asarwa Civil Hospital, where she died in August 2018.

The doctor alleged that Vyas had blamed him for his wife’s death due and hence shot him.Odhav police filed a complaint of attempted murder against Vyas and began an investigation.

