AHMEDABAD: A Khokhra resident stabbed the man he had borrowed money from, and later surrendered to the police on Wednesday.
The police arrested Jayeshgiri Goswami who claimed that the moneylender had been charging a high rate of interest which led him to commit the act.
Khokhra Inspector Y S Gamit said that the accused had borrowed money from the victim, Subramaniam Mudaliyar. “Goswami said he had been paying a lumpsum amount as interest. We have registered a case of murder and will investigate the rate of interest that Subramaniam was charging,” he said.
The complaint had been registered by Amitraj Mudaliyar (35), who told police, “I had gone to Kankaria for a morning walk, when I received a call from my uncle Subramaniam. He told me that Goswami had attacked him with a sharp weapon. I rushed to an area near Khokhra circle where I found my uncle lying in a pool of blood.” Subramaniam was rushed to the hospital in a 108 ambulance but the doctors on duty declared him dead.
He said that his uncle had given some money to Goswami and was requently met the accused to recover the loan. “However, Goswami failed to return the money. When my uncle when to collect the money on Wednesday, Goswami attacked him,” Amitraj said.
