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Late-night tragedy in Bodakdev highrise: Congress MP’s nephew ‘accidentally’ shoots wife, ends his life in Ahmedabad

  • On Thursday, Ahmedabad police said government employee Yashrajsinh Durgeshsinh Gohil allegedly shot his wife Rajeshwari between 11:30 pm and 12 am Wednesday in apartment 502, NRI Tower, Judges Bungalow Road.
  • After returning from dinner, police said Yashrajsinh was checking his licensed revolver when a bullet accidentally fired and hit his wife Rajeshwari as they prepared to travel abroad.
  • A GVK-EMRI 108 ambulance reached the flat, the Emergency Medical Technician found the woman without a pulse, and police arrived around 12 am before sending bodies to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.
  • Police registered an accidental death report at Vastrapur police station and seized the licensed revolver, which was sent for forensic tests; the couple was cremated in Limda, Bhavnagar with Congress MP Shaktisinh Gohil present, who was `in a state of shock`, Doshi said.
  • Yashrajsinh Durgeshsinh Gohil, 30, had recently joined the Gujarat Maritime Board as an officer, married Rajeshwari about two months ago, and was preparing for UPSC while keeping a revolver and liking fast cars.
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India Today broke the news in India on Thursday, January 22, 2026.
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