Congress MP’s nephew ‘kills wife in accidental firing, then shoots himself’

Yashrajsinh Gohil, nephew of elder Congress person and Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil, has reportedly killed himself with his ain revolver aft his woman died successful what appears to beryllium an accidental discharge from the limb astatine their residence successful Ahmedabad, constabulary said connected Thursday (January 22, 2026).

The incidental occurred soon earlier midnight connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) astatine their level successful NRI Tower, Bodakdev area. The mates had been joined for astir 2 months and were surviving with Yashrajsinh’s mother, constabulary said.

According to police, preliminary probe and a connection by Yashrajsinh’s parent bespeak that the firearm discharged accidentally portion helium was checking it successful the bedroom.

“A circular allegedly went disconnected by mistake and struck his wife, Rajeshwari, adjacent her neck,” they said, adding that she was declared dormant by ‘108’ ambulance work personnel.

Police said that aft she was declared dead, Yashrajsinh, incapable to carnivore the shock, changeable himself with the aforesaid firearm portion his parent and the medics watched.

Normal and cheerful

The information defender of the residential analyzable told constabulary that the mates had returned location aft attending a societal gathering and appeared mean and cheerful earlier entering their flat. The firing incidental occurred astir 11.45 p.m., constabulary said.

Yashrajsinh was an serviceman with the Gujarat Maritime Board, the ACP said.

Gujarat Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said the mates had been starring a blessed joined beingness and described the incidental arsenic accidental. He said the firearm progressive was a licensed revolver.

Police teams rushed to the spot aft being alerted by the aesculapian unit and shifted the bodies for forensic examination. The post-mortem study volition assistance ascertain whether the firing was accidental oregon otherwise, constabulary said. 

Mr. Gohil is simply a Rajya Sabha subordinate from Gujarat and a elder Congress leader.