The body of Nilesh Mavi was found by the roadside on Rajkot-Jamnagar highway near Khajurdi village on March 22... Read More

RAJKOT: Heaping praise on his friend's wife led to the murder of a 19-year-old man in a village of Jamnagar's Dhrol taluka.

The body of Nilesh Mavi was found by the roadside on Rajkot-Jamnagar highway near Khajurdi village on March 22.

On Monday night, police arrested the alleged killer Rakesh Damor who confessed to killing Mavi.

"Mavi had gone to the farm of Sanjay Rangani in Khajurdi village where Damor also lived with his wife. During casual conversation, Mavi started praising Damor's wife. Damor got enraged due to his continuous praise," said CM Kanetliya , assistant sub-inspector, Dhrol police station.

On the pretext of dropping him, Damor took Mavi on his bike. On reaching a hotel on the highway, he strangulated him using a rope and dumped his body in a ditch on the roadside.

Postmortem revealed that he had been strangulated to death.

On inquiring with his family members, police got to know that Mavi had gone to Rangani's farm. They had even started searching for him when he did not return home till late on March 21.

During investigation, police found Damor's behaviour suspicious and grilled him. He was arrested on Tuesday.

Damor is a native of Talvi village of Madhya Pradesh.

