Convict who beheaded Gujarat trader, jumped parole, held after 12 years on run
Satish Himmatlal Rupa Relia, a convict who beheaded a Gujarat trader, has been apprehended after 12 years on the run. He had changed his identity and lived a seemingly normal life in Ahmedabad with his second wife and her children. Relia was originally sentenced to death for his crimes, which were later commuted to life imprisonment, and he had been a parole jumper since 2014.
- ▪Relia and an accomplice murdered textile trader Arvind Shah in 1994 during a robbery.
- ▪He was convicted in 2000 and sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life imprisonment in 2001.
- ▪After jumping parole in 2014, he lived under a new identity for over a decade before being caught.
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Convict who beheaded Gujarat trader, jumped parole, held after 12 years on runSatish Himmatlal Rupa Relia changed his name and lived a regular life with his second wife and her two children in AhmedabadPublished on: May 26, 2026 11:10 AM ISTBy HT CorrespondentShare viaCopy link In October 1994, Satish Himmatlal Rupa Relia and Rajan Panchal lured textile trader Arvind Shah from Ahmedabad’s Kalupur to Neelam Hotel in the city’s Shahibaug area on the pretext of a discounted silk deal, asking him to bring cash. The two took Shah to a room and tried to rob him of gold rings, a chain, and cash at knifepoint before stabbing him around 30 to 35 times and killing him when he resisted and tried to snatch their knife.Satish Himmatlal Rupa Relia, the convict, in police custody.
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