The 370-page chargesheet towards the accused, Kalpesh Thakor, was submitted by Investigating Officer of the Vadodara Detection of Crime Branch RA Jadeja earlier than a neighborhood court docket on Tuesday.

The accused had allegedly stabbed to loss of life Trusha Solanki, inflicting a number of accidents on her neck and head, together with dismembering her left arm, and dumping her physique on National Highway close to Jambuva on March 23.

Solanki, who was getting ready for a police recruitment take a look at, had met Thakor via a typical good friend three years in the past. The man needed to be in a relationship along with her, which Solanki refused.

The chargesheet particulars the occasions of the night of March 23, when Trusha Solanki agreed to fulfill the accused of a dialog.

According to the chargesheet, a day earlier than he stabbed Solanki to loss of life, Thakor visited Mujar Gamdi and recognized a abandoned spot close to National Highway 48, the place he deliberate to name Solanki.

“During the investigation, he revealed that he had visited the spot alone a day in advance and planned the murder. He decided to use a handsaw to stab the victim, which he knew he had in his possession… When she finally agreed to meet him, he decided to execute his plan on the day. We also have witnesses who corroborated this fact and had seen him at the spot the previous day – it establishes his intent. He was especially irked that she had other male friends,” mentioned Assistant Commissioner of Police, Crime, D S Chauhan.

The accused, Chauhan mentioned, first stabbed the sufferer on the again of her neck and when she tried to flee he chased her and stabbed her once more. “This is the time she tried to defend but in the process, he severed her arm… When he returned, his friend Daxesh asked him why he was grim but he did not reply. We have not found any involvement of Daxesh in the crime,” Chauhan mentioned.

The chargesheet contains statements from 85 witnesses along with paperwork from the Forensic Science Laboratory and particulars of the gadgets confiscated from the accused. This contains the weapon of homicide, the two-wheeler utilized by Thakor to journey to the spot, the garments he wore throughout the crime in addition to the cell phone of the sufferer, and the two-wheeler of the sufferer that Thakor had taken in his possession.

The police have additionally informed the court docket that Thakor had deleted chats and textual content messages exchanged between the sufferer and him after taking her telephone into his possession. Thakor has been charged with the destruction of proof along with homicide.

The police have additionally furnished CCTV footage of Thakor being seen driving his two-wheeler to the crime scene and likewise getting back from the spot. The Call Detail Records and technical proof are additionally a part of the chargesheet together with the situation of Thakor’s cell phone on the day of the crime in addition to the day before today when he performed a recce of the village.