Ajinka Kelkar suspected his ex-girlfriend of dating another man.
AB Wire
An Indian American man in New Jersey wrought with jealousy suspecting his ex-girlfriend was dating another man, decided to take revenge. He went to the man’s house and damaged several vehicles there, to the tune of $10,000. However, Ajinka Kelkar didn’t do his private investigation too well: turned out he had gone to the wrong house.
NJ.com reported Kelkar, 20, believed a vehicle in the driveway of a South Brunswick home belonged to the other man. Police say the family that lives there soon discovered several vehicles had been damaged.
Investigators say the vehicles’ tires were slashed and one had obscenities scratched into its door and fender.
Police say Kelkar was caught on surveillance footage walking around the property with a knife and damaging the vehicles. They say they went to his South Brunswick home and arrested him hours later, according to the Associated Press.
At about 1:15 a.m., a family member of the home “heard a hissing air noise outside.” The family member went outside and saw “slashed tires on a Ford pickup,” police said, according to NJ.com.
The parents woke up and the mother saw that her Suburban had its tires slashed, police said.
The family then “saw that their Jeep Wrangler had obscenities scratched into its door and fender as well at its tires slashed and its roof stabbed,” police said.
Police said friends who had been sleeping over also had the tires on the vehicles slashed. The fourth and fifth vehicles damaged were a Dodge and Chevy pick-up.
Officers went Kelkar’s home and took him into custody around 6:30 a.m. They also seized the rental pick-up truck he allegedly used during the crime.
Kelkar was charged with trespassing and third-degree criminal mischief. He was also charged with being an unlicensed driver. He was released after posting $10,000 bail.