
News Topical, Digital Desk : A Gujarati man accused of killing his wife in Maryland in 2015 is still absconding and has now been included in the FBI's list of ten most wanted fugitives. According to information, 34-year-old Bhadreshkumar Patel allegedly killed his wife Palak Patel on April 12, 2015. The accused stabbed his wife multiple times, which eventually resulted in her death. Patel has been absconding since the murder. An arrest warrant was issued against Patel eight days after the murder.
The accused is absconding for 10 years
Federal agents and county police officers held a meeting and said that it has been ten years since the killer escaped. Police urged people to help locate Bhadreshkumar Patel. According to the FBI, Patel has been charged with murder and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure.
Wife wanted to come to India
What was seen in the CCTV footage shows that the couple went towards the kitchen and then disappeared. A customer grew suspicious when no one responded to his order. According to the FBI, he informed the police after finding Palak's body in the kitchen. According to investigators, Palak Patel, who was 21 at the time, wanted to go to India, which her husband opposed. Her visa had also expired a month before the murder.
"The best guess is that he didn't want her to go," said Jonathan Shaffer, special agent in charge of the FBI's Baltimore division. "He probably thought that Palak leaving and returning to India would discredit him," Shaffer said. Police Chief Amal E. Awad also said that Palak Patel worked seven days a week to support her life in the U.S. and her family in India. Authorities now suspect that he may have fled back to India.
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