Archive · 18 Nov 2025
Bhavnagar: Forest Officer Arrested for Murdering Family
A forest officer in Bhavnagar, India, was arrested for murdering his wife and two children.
He reported them missing on November 7, but police found their bodies buried in pits behind his quarters on November 16.
The officer confessed to killing them by smothering them with a pillow on November 5.
The motive appears to be a family dispute over living arrangements.
Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Sailesh Bachu Khambhla arrested for killing his wife Nayana, daughter, and son
Bodies found in 6-ft pits filled with water and sand behind his quarters
Khambhla reported his family missing on November 7, four days after they were last seen
Investigators found an unsent WhatsApp message from Nayana's phone suggesting she was leaving
Khambhla confessed to killing his family by smothering them with a pillow on November 5
- Who
- Sailesh Bachu Khambhla, Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF)
- What
- Murder of wife Nayana, daughter, and son
- When
- November 5, 2022 (murder); November 7, 2022 (missing persons report); November 16, 2022 (bodies found)
- Where
- Bhavnagar, India
- Why
- Dispute over living arrangements
- Age of accused
- 39 years
- Age of wife
- 42 years
- Age of daughter
- 13 years
- Age of son
- 9 years
- Date of marriage
- Not specified in articles
- Location of bodies
- Behind Khambhla's quarters in Bhavnagar