Ahmedabad City Crime Branch has arrested 25-year-old Vipul Parmar—also known as Vimal or Neel—after a three-day manhunt. Parmar is accused of fatally stabbing 24-year-old Vaibhav Manwani near the Ambapur canal in Adalaj during a late-night birthday outing on Sunday. Authorities described him as a “psychotic and dangerously violent” criminal who had terrorized his family and neighbours for years.
Early Life of Crime
Investigators said Parmar showed violent tendencies from the age of eight. Locals reported that he frequently attacked people without provocation. Police records indicate previous allegations of armed robberies and murder, though some cases were dismissed due to lack of evidence. His father, a former CRPF jawan, is deceased, and relatives reportedly avoid confronting him.
Police Manhunt
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ajit Rajian tasked Inspector M P Chauhan’s Squad 8 with tracking Parmar. Twenty-five officers were deployed in four units: plainclothes surveillance near the canal, monitoring his mother’s home, shadowing his sister’s residence, and analyzing phone and CCTV data.
The breakthrough came when a tip-off located Parmar at his sister’s in-laws’ house in Khandagiri Gam, outskirts of Rajkot. Inspector Madhuri Gohel’s team cornered him in the nearby Dungra locality. Parmar tried to flee, resulting in a brief scuffle with minor injuries to both the accused and an officer, before he was apprehended and brought back to Ahmedabad.
Key Clue from Survivor
The survivor, Vaibhav’s girlfriend, had scratched Parmar’s face during the attack. Police used the fresh facial wound as a key marker, which was confirmed on CCTV footage. Over three days, officers interrogated over a dozen suspects before identifying Parmar.
The Attack
Vaibhav and his girlfriend were ambushed near the canal. Vaibhav was stabbed multiple times and died, while his girlfriend sustained four stab wounds and is hospitalized. Police believe robbery was the motive, as the attacker fled in Manwani’s car, which was later abandoned.
Parmar will be produced before a magistrate after a medical examination. DCP Rajian praised the team’s combined use of technical surveillance and fieldwork, calling Parmar a “dangerous, cold-blooded offender.”