Gujarat Cong MLA’s son-in-law booked for culpable homicide after SUV kills 6 persons
   Date :13-Aug-2022

Gujarat Cong MLA’s son-in-law 
 
 
ANAND, 
POLICE have registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against the son-in-law of a Congress MLA in Gujarat after his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) rammed into an autorickshaw and a motorcycle, killing six persons, officials said on Friday.
The accident had occurred on Thursday evening near Sojitra village on a state highway connecting Anand town with Tarapur, they said, adding that the six victims included three women.
“The accused has been identified as Ketan Padhiyar, the son-in-law of Congress MLA from Sojitra Assembly seat, Punambhai Parmar. Padhiyar is currently under treatment at a private hospital in Anand as he also sustained injuries in the incident,” Sojitra police station sub inspector A P Parmar said. “Padhiyar is under our observation and will be arrested once he gets discharge from the hospital. We have sent his blood samples for an analysis to check if he was under the influence of alcohol while driving his vehicle,” he added.
The six deceased were residents of Sojitra and Boriyavi villages in the district.