Overview
- Sajan Khagna Baraiya, 26, was arrested Sunday night after a day on the run, according to Bhavnagar City Police.
- He is accused of killing 22-year-old Soni Himmat Rathod at her family home on November 15, hours before their planned wedding.
- Investigators say he struck her with an iron pipe and smashed her head against a wall, and her body was sent for post-mortem examination.
- Police describe him as a history-sheeter with at least six prior cases since 2023, with the murder now registered as his seventh.
- Officers say the couple had lived together for about a year despite family opposition, the house was found vandalised, and inquiries into an earlier altercation are ongoing.