Killers Had Waited For Amravati Chemist Night Before. He Shut Shop Early

Umesh Kolhe, 54, was attacked and killed by two men on a motorcycle on his way back from his medical shop on June 21 in Maharashtra's Amravati.

The first attempt to kill Amravati chemist Umesh Kolhe was made on June 20, a day before his throat was slit by two men in a crime chillingly similar to the Udaipur tailor's murder a week later.

Umesh Kolhe, 54, was attacked and killed by two men on a motorcycle on his way back from his medical shop on June 21 in Maharashtra's Amravati.

Sources say the killers had made their first attempt on the previous day. Mr Kolhe was spared that day because he closed up early - around 9.30 pm.

The killers, having recced the shop earlier, had expected him to shut his shop at 10-10.30 pm.