Nanded family deaths: Two sons killed parents, then committed suicide due to financial stress
Nanded (PTI): The probe into the deaths of four members of a family in Maharashtra's Nanded district has revealed that two siblings ended their lives by jumping in front of a train after strangling their parents at home, the murder-suicide tragedy being triggered by financial stress, a police official said on Saturday.
At around 8am on Thursday, the bodies of Ramesh Sonaji Lakhe (51) and his wife Radhabai Lakhe (45) were discovered on a cot in their home at Jawala Murar village in Mudkhed tehsil here, while the bodies of their sons, Umesh (25) and Bajrang (23), were subsequently found on tracks near Mugat railway station, a few kilometres away from the village.
"Our probe and post mortem reports have confirmed that Umesh and Bajrang strangled their parents at home while the couple was asleep and later committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train," Barad police station inspector Dattatray Manthale told PTI.
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The official said Ramesh Lakhe was reportedly suffering from paralysis and remained chronically ill, which had caused deep financial impact on the family.
The official said statements were being recorded as part of the probe, including that the of shopkeeper from whom the two brothers bought betel nut sachets in the early hours of Thursday while on their way to the tracks where they ended their lives.
An official connected to the probe said it is likely that the sons killed their parents and then ended their own lives over the financial stress the family was facing.
Umesh and Bajrang have been charged with murder, the official said, adding that all angles are being probed.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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'Shocked' SC summons police commissioner, IO on Apr 13 in Ghaziabad rape-murder case of minor
New Delhi (PTI): Expressing deep shock, the Supreme Court on Friday intervened in the harrowing rape-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad and summoned the police commissioner and the investigating officer on April 13 with the case records.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of senior lawyer N Hariharan, appearing for the victim's father, a daily wager, and expressed its displeasure over the manner in which the state police had conducted the investigation so far in the case.
The CJI lambasted the state police and two private hospitals, which refused to treat the girl before she succumbed to her injuries post-alleged rape, for their "complete indifference" and "insensitive approach".
On March 16, the victim was allegedly lured away by a neighbour on the pretext of buying chocolates and when the child did not return, a search led the father to find her lying unconscious and covered in blood. She later succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital in Ghaziabad.
