Kota (Rajasthan): A 39-year-old jeweller was stabbed to death by his brother-in-law outside the intensive care unit of a trust-run hospital in the Dadabari police station area of Kota on Thursday morning, police said. The victim, Maulik Jain (39), lived in Talwandi and was a jeweller.

Source: Times of India, Jaipur edition (via Visit in Rajasthan)

Maulik had come to the hospital with his wife to visit his mother-in-law, who had been admitted with a head injury after falling off a motorcycle near the Kota Barrage culvert on Wednesday night. During the visit, at around 10.30 am, Maulik and his brother-in-law Kapil Jain, an artificial jewellery shop owner, argued over a family matter.

Source: Times of India, Jaipur edition (via Visit in Rajasthan)

According to Dadabari police station circle inspector Baldev Ram, the argument escalated and Kapil allegedly took out a knife and stabbed Maulik in the chest. Maulik was first treated inside the hospital and then referred to Kota Heart Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries; the body was shifted to the medical college hospital. The CSR Journal reported that Maulik's wife was also attacked when she tried to intervene and sustained minor knife injuries.

Source: The CSR Journal

Police detained Kapil Jain and registered a case under relevant sections. The CSR Journal reported that, according to investigators, the two men had clashed earlier as well over Kapil's suspicion that their father was financially helping Maulik; in August, Kapil had allegedly threatened Maulik over the phone, after which he was arrested for breaching the peace, and a family-brokered settlement about a month ago had not resolved the tension.

Source: The CSR Journal

The killing inside a hospital has raised questions about security at the facility, with reports that CCTV cameras in the area were reportedly not functional at the time of the attack. Police said an inquiry into the circumstances of the attack is under way.

Source: The CSR Journal