Kamal Ghorui
AHMEDABAD: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil’s nephew Yashrajsinh Gohil allegedly shot his wife “accidentally” in the head with a licensed revolver in their Ahmedabad flat late Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself, police said.The shooting unfolded in their fifth-floor apartment between 10.30pm and midnight, ACP Jitendra Brahmbhatt said. Yashrajsinh (35) was a Class-I officer with Gujarat Maritime Board. He had married Rajeshwari (30) last Nov.Citing a statement by Yashrajsinh’s mother Devyaniba, cops said while the two were in the bedroom, a bullet accidentally discharged from Yashrajsinh’s revolver and struck Rajeshwari at the base of her head.Devyaniba said her son rushed to her room and said an ambulance needed to be called. Police records indicate Yashrajsinh called 108 emergency ambulance service at 11.42pm. Paramedics arrived and declared Rajeshwari dead. According to Devyaniba’s statement, Yashrajsinh appeared deeply shaken after hearing that his wife had died. Moments later, a gunshot was heard from the bedroom. Devyaniba and the ambulance staff rushed back inside to find Yashrajsinh in a pool of blood with a bullet wound to the head. He was declared dead on the spot. “Prima facie, it appears accidental firing followed by suicide. However, all angles will be probed” the ACP said.
