A Vadodara court on Thursday sent Kalpesh Thakor, 23, to three days in police custody, a day after he was arrested for the murder of a 19-year-old girl.” The charge sheet, in this case, would be submitted within a week,” stated Commissioner of Police Shamsher Singh. He added that a special prosecutor will be appointed to obtain a quick conviction and the worst punishment feasible.
The Vadodara police requested Thakor’s police custody before the court, claiming that the key to the victim’s two-wheeler, Trusha Solanki, had still to be retrieved. Thakor was driving the two-wheeler after dumping her body on NH48 near Jambuva.
Important to note here is that The blood-soaked body of a 19-year-old girl, with her right hand amputated, was found in a landfill site off the National Highway 48 in Vadodara on Tuesday, 22nd March. The body was found near the Jambuwa Bridge on the NH48 on the outskirts of Vadodara city, under the jurisdiction of the Makarpura police station. Solanki died as a result of many stab wounds to her neck and head, and her left arm was severed, according to authorities. The incident occurred on March 22 night, when Solanki, who was preparing for the written examination for Gujarat police recruitment, consented to see the accused, who had been chasing her for a relationship.
Police also told the court that a reconstruction of the crime scene, as well as an inquiry into Thakor’s probable accomplices, had not to be finished.”Police have confiscated the victim’s cell phone that the accused had taken away,” the crime branch stated in a release on Thursday. The inquiry also revealed that the accused deleted the text messages exchanged between the two after stealing the victim’s phone… As a result, he has also been charged under Indian Penal Code Section 201 for evidence destruction.”Police official said.
Vadodara Police has also seized the murder weapon from the accused’s store in the Maneja district, as well as the clothes he was wearing at the time of the crime. According to authorities, the girl victim agreed to meet with him “to amicably end the topic. Authorities added that Thakor lured the girl to a desolate place on NH48 near Jambuva and stabbed her. He even used her dupatta to wash the blood off the weapon and removed her two-wheeler and dupatta, discarding them at a distance. Kalpesh Thakor was arrested by the Vadodara Crime Branch on Wednesday, just hours after the crime.
