In Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a married woman named Rinki and her technician husband allegedly executed a premeditated hit-and-run and knife attack against Rinki's ex-fiancé, Jay Patel. Rinki and Jay had been engaged in 2016 for three months before breaking up. Years later, Rinki sought out Jay, wishing to resume a relationship, but Jay rejected her and blocked her communications. Rinki then fabricated a false story to her husband, claiming Jay was harassing and stalking her, and convinced her husband to help eliminate Jay. On February 25, 2025, after several days of scouting Jay's routine, Rinki drove a car directly into Jay's scooter, attempted to run him over again, and stabbed him with a knife. Jay survived the attack and was hospitalized in stable condition. Police tracked the couple's vehicle to a temple location and arrested Rinki and her husband.
Country: India
State/Province: Gujarat, India
City/Region: Ahmedabad
Incident Type: Attempted Murder
Relationship Status: Ex-partners
Relationship Duration: 3 months (engagement in 2016)
Incident Date: Feb. 25, 2025
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Jealousy
The incident demonstrates an escalation of non-fatal stalker obsession into violent retaliation driven by rejected romantic overtures. After being blocked and reprimanded by her former fiancé, Rinki reframed her own unwanted pursuits into false accusations of harassment to manipulate her husband into facilitating a violent retaliatory assault. This combination of spousal manipulation, external stalking, and planned vehicular aggression illustrates how unresolved romantic obsession can lead to multi-participant crime.
Ahmedabad Police recovered CCTV surveillance footage documenting two key stages: 11:00 AM surveillance at an intersection and 2:30 PM vehicular impact followed by an attempted second run-over and knife assault. Officers located the suspect vehicle parked near a local temple. Both Rinki and her husband were taken into custody. Police investigations exposed Rinki's deceitful claims of harassment to her husband.
Initial confusion involved whether the collision was an accidental traffic crash or a premeditated hit-and-run, as well as Rinki's conflicting accounts given to her husband, Jay Patel, and law enforcement regarding who was pursuing whom.
Investigative evidence shows that Rinki tracked Jay Patel's daily movements for several days prior to the attack. On February 25, 2025, she and her husband positioned their car at an intersection around 11:00 AM to watch Jay ride by on his scooter. At 2:30 PM, Rinki pursued Jay on a quiet road, accelerated from behind, and struck his scooter. When Jay fell and recognized Rinki, she executed a U-turn to hit him again, then exited the vehicle with a knife to stab him before he escaped.
Rinki posed extreme risk to Jay Patel due to persistent fixated monitoring, implicit threats, and explicit weapon preparation. Her ability to manipulate her spouse into participating in an attempted murder highlights high potential for severe violence when external boundaries—such as call blocking—are enforced by the victim.
Unilateral romantic fixations following broken engagements can persist for years and manifest in violent outbursts when access is cut off. Deceptive reframing of stalking behavior into false victimhood can be used by violent perpetrators to recruit unsuspecting family members into violent crimes.
Rinki persistently monitored Jay Patel's personal life, social media, and earnings 13 years after their engagement broke off, eventually approaching him directly to demand that he live with her despite both being married.
CCTV surveillance footage showing a vehicle idling at a U-turn intersection, performing reconnaissance multi-day tracking, and accelerating directly into the rear of Jay Patel's scooter provided crucial investigative clarity.
Multiple clear CCTV video clips showing tracking behavior, impact acceleration, U-turn maneuvers, as well as victim identification of Rinki inside the vehicle and the recovery of the suspect vehicle near a temple.
Bystanders on the road witnessed Jay Patel injured and fleeing from a woman with a knife, subsequently assisting him and arranging transport to the hospital.
Initial reports of a hit-and-run traffic accident shifted to a double-suspect attempted murder investigation after Jay Patel's statement and CCTV analysis revealed the premeditated tracking and knife attack.
It remains legally unclear whether Rinki's husband will face full co-conspirator attempted murder charges or if his manipulated state will serve as a mitigating defense factor during prosecution.