Delhi man slits throats of pregnant wife, 3 daughters; preference for son suspected to be motive
New Delhi (PTI): A man allegedly slit the throats of his two-month pregnant wife and three daughters at their residence in outernorth area of the national capital, with police suspecting that his preference for a son could be behind the killings, officials said.
First responders at the Prem Chand Park area house on Wednesday morning witnessed a grisly sight – 27-year-old Anita and her daughters, aged three, four and five years, lying in a pool of blood.
“All four victims had their throats slit with a sharp-edged weapon. The injuries were so deep that their windpipes was cut,” a senior police officer said, describing the crime scene as "extremely brutal".
While investigators are probing all possible angles, including a suspected extramarital affair, preliminary inquiry suggests that the gruesome killings may have been triggered by the couple's three girl children and the lack of a son, police said, adding that the suspect, Munchun Kewat, has been missing from the house.
Police said a PCR call was received at 8.07 am on Wednesday regarding the bodies lying inside a room on the ground floor of the house.
The bodies were first noticed in the morning by relatives and neighbours. "This morning, when my brother-in-law’s son came with his uncle to go to the market, he was crying. I came down and asked him what happened," Rubi, a relative, told PTI.
"He said aunt and cousins’ throats have been slit,” Rubi said. “When I asked around, I found out that there had been a murder. No one knew anything about it last night."
Prima facie, it appears that Kewat, allegedly intoxicated his wife and daughters before attacking them. He has been missing since early morning and is the prime suspect in the case, police said.
“No specific reason has come to light yet, but it has been learned that they had a dispute around 9 pm last night,” a police officer said, adding that all angles, including the possibility of an affair, are being examined.
Rubi said the family, originally from Bihar’s Patna district, had been living in the area for the past two years and that the couple did not usually fight. Kewat worked as a vegetable seller at Azadpur Mandi, police said.
Crime and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) teams inspected the scene and collected evidence. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination.
A case under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has been registered and multiple teams have been formed to trace and apprehend Kewat, police said.
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Three arrested for killing Buddhist woman monk in Himachal
Shimla (PTI): Three people have been arrested for allegedly murdering a Buddhist woman monk in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh nearly a month ago, police said on Friday.
The accused -- Gagan Sharma (23), Vishal (23) and Gaurav Sharma (20), all residents of Mandi -- were arrested on Thursday night, police said.
According to police, the 78-year-old Buddhist woman monk, Orje Shoki, was found murdered in a cave near Sarkidhar village, following which a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was constituted to nab the accused.
Mandi Superintendent of Police (SP) Vinod Kumar said that during the investigation, more than 50 suspects were questioned and DNA samples of several suspects were also collected.
After a detailed investigation, the accused were arrested from different locations on Thursday night, he said.
Kumar said all the accused are drug addicts and they committed the crime with the intention of looting the victim, so that they could buy drugs.
Efforts are on to nab two more accused wanted in the case. They will be put behind bars soon, the SP said.
