A “tantrik” who was detained earlier this month on suspicion of planning to assassinate a man in Ahmedabad died while in jail, the Gujarat police said on Sunday. However, they asserted that the defendant acknowledged using a poisonous substance to murder twelve individuals.
After his business colleague alerted the authorities, Navalsinh Chavda was apprehended by the Sarkhej police at around one in the morning on December 3, just as he was about to perpetrate the crime. In order to conduct additional investigation into Chavda’s occult practices and potential involvement in human sacrifices, the police secured his remand until 3 pm on December 10.
But on Sunday morning, the accused became unwell and passed away while being transported to a hospital. According to a police official who spoke to news agency PTI, “Chavda became ill at around 10 am on Sunday and was taken to the civil hospital in an ambulance, but the doctors declared him dead on arrival.”
He stated that the defendant had admitted to using sodium nitrite, a chemical, to kill twelve individuals. “The accused confessed to 12 murders during interrogation, and all deaths had occurred due to consumption of sodium nitrite,” according to the official.
During occult rituals, the accused forced his victims to ingest sodium nitrite dissolved in water, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shivam Verma. The defendants killed a man in Ahmedabad, six in Surendranagar, including three of his family members, three in Rajkot, and one each in Wankaner (Morbi district) and Anjar (Kutch district), Verma continued.
The authorities described his method of operation as obtaining sodium nitrite, a dry cleaning agent, from a laboratory in his hometown of Surendranagar. The drug takes effect in about 20 minutes and causes a heart attack that results in death.
The defendant referred to himself as a “bhuvaji” and declared that he was capable of magic and miracles. They claimed that he used to lure his victims in by making promises to increase their fortune and address their issues.