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Rajkot: A jeweller making silver ornaments was forced to drink acid allegedly by three of his business rival over payment of dues in Jiyana village, about 18km from Rajkot city, on Monday night.Rajkot-based jeweller Jayesh Chagan Ramani, a resident of Kabirvan Society on St Kabir Road, succumbed to internal injuries at Rajkot Civil Hospital. Police have arrested Kishor Ramani (28), his brother Jitendra Ramani (26) and father Chanabhai Ramani (54) for Jayesh’s murder According to Jayesh’s father Chagan, his son had supplied silver ornaments worth Rs 26 lakh to Kishor over the past one year. Both — Jayesh and Kishor — were taken to Rajkot Civil Hospital, where Jayesh succumbed late on Monday.Jayesh’s family refused to accept his body saying that Jayesh was murdered. Kishor claimed that Jayesh got angry after he told him that he did not have money to repay him. When Jayesh reached there, Kishor, Jitendra and Chanabhai nabbed him and forced him to drink acid.After the incident, Kishor lodged a police complaint with Kuvadva police station alleging that Jayesh drank acid after stabbing him with a knife in a fit of anger..