Man believed to be 'charred to death' walks back home!

VADODARA: Family members of a 35-year-old farmer Arvind Nayak, who was presumed to be charred to death in his car, were in for a shock when he turned up at his house in Chha banpur village near Godhra on Monday.
The family had even performed the last rites of the charred body, believing it to be that of Nayak! Locals had found body of a man in a Maruti van in the early hours at Godhra-Lunavada road on Sunday.The van be longed to Nayak, who had left his house saying that he was going to Rajpipla for work. However, he had not returned till late night. From whatever remained of his clothes, the family identified the body as that of Nayak. But the police had collected samples from the body for DNA testing, the results of which take quite some time in arriving. After claiming the body, the family members performed its last rites and an offence of murder was also registered by Nayak's brother Bharat. The car was found away from the highway and there was blood on the ground near the burnt car.
When Nayak walked into the village, he shocked many including his own family members. A group gathered to see him. He was wearing only trunks and a vest and had burn injuries. The village sarpanch was informed who in turn called the police. Nayak was taken in an ambulance to the Godhra Civil Hospital.
The police interrogated him on Tuesday and it came to light that Nayak suspected that his wife Kapila had an affair with a villager Bhala Nayak. To kill Bhala, Nayak took him along under the pretext of going on a drive. He brought Bhala back to the village and then smashed his head with a spanner just when he got down from the van.
Nayak then put Bhala, who may have been unconscious or dead, in the van and then procured 5 litre petrol. He doused Bhala with the fuel after taking him inside the van and set it ablaze. In the process, Nayak too suffered burn injuries. Sources said that his interrogation was still not complete and more details would emerge later.