Journo Junaid Khan stabbed to death in front of his wife, kids in India’s Gujurat
SURAT: A Surat-based journalist (37) with a weekly was killed in front of his wife and their 3 daughters in broad daylight. Four people first rammed their car into Junaid Khan Pathan’s motorcycle and then stabbed him.
Pathan was on his way with his wife and three daughters- aged 10, four, two-and-a-half-years-to meet relatives in Shahpore Vad. When they were crossing the busy Jilani bridge, a car hit his bike from behind and the family fell on the road. Four people immediately got down from the car and stabbed Pathan in the back with a knife.
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Pathan was killed on a day ACP (Sector 2, traffic and crime) Sharad Singhal told reporters that murders in the city had decreased, though social media users have been alleging a spike.
“In January 2022, only two murder cases were registered in Surat city as compared to 12 in January 2021. In February, six murder offences have been lodged,” he said. Singhal said that all eight cases lodged over the past one-and-a-half months have been detected and the suspects nabbed. Of these, six were fallouts of personal rivalry or family disputes.
