Grishma Vekariya murder case: Accused Fenil Goyani gets death penalty

Surat: Murderer Fenil Goyani(21) who brutally murdered a college girl Grishma Vekariya right in front of her mother, brother and others in Surat, has been given death penalty today by a district special court here after over a month of trial. Goyani had been found guilty under various sections of the IPC, including 302 and 307.

Judge Vimal K Vyas described the case as the rarest of the rare while pronouncing the quantum of punishment. Goyani was found guilty on April 21. On February 12, Goyani had brutally murdered Grishma(20), around 6 pm by slitting her throat in front of people in Laxmidham Society in rural Surat. Goyani had also injured Grishma’s brother Dhruv and uncle Subhashbhai.

The video of the incident had gone viral on social media. There was growing demand for capital punishment to Fenil. Under the direction of Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi, Surat ADGP Rajkumar Pandian had constituted a special SIT. Police filed a 2,500-page charge-sheet within a week of Goyani’s arrest. More than 100 eye-witnesses were examined during the fast-track trial.

MoS Harsh Sanghavi today said the government has kept its promise. He said, he would cancel all his scheduled programmes to visit Grishhma’s family. DeshGujarat