Gujarat ACF who allegedly murdered wife, kids, was in ‘affair with woman staffer’: Police

Bhavnagar Police on November 17 arrested 39-year-old Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) in Bhavnagar, Sailesh Bachu Khambhla, a resident of Surat, for allegedly murdering his wife Nayana (42), daughter (13) and son (9) on November 5 by putting a pillow over their faces. In the FIR filed at Bharatnagar police station, he is accused of then putting stones on the bodies with stones and placing them in six-foot-deep holes filled with water. He also allegedly put a door and a blanket over them, and then allegedly had the holes filled with sand.

On Thursday, Inspector N H Qureshi said, “Primarily, the motive of killing his family appears to be an affair with a staff member. We are still investigating whether she was involved in the murders. We have questioned the woman but she claims no knowledge of Khambhla’s plans.”

PI Qureshi further said, “He was so enamoured by the relationship that he began to feel his wife was a disturbance in his life. Even the woman in question did not know that Khambhla had become so attached to her.”

As Khambhla remains in police custody, further investigation is underway.