Ludhiana murder case: Nagged to have kids, neighbour kills 3 of family with hammer
Ludhiana, Jul 8: A 46-year-old man has been arrested from the Salem Tabri locality here for allegedly killing three of a family with a hammer over being pestered to have a child, police said on Saturday.
The Ludhiana Police said the accused Robin alias Munna was a neighbour of the family and the incident took place on Thursday.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Mandeep Singh Sidhu told reporters here that the victims were a woman, her husband and her mother-in-law. The incident came to light on Friday morning.
Munna, an e-rickshaw driver, was annoyed as Surinder Kaur used to pester him about having a child and seeking treatment. He was offended as Kaur used to raise the issue in front of his wife, the officer said.
On Thursday morning, in a fit of rage, Munna attacked Kaur (aged around 70), her husband Chaman Lal (75) and her mother-in-law (aged around 90) with a hammer and bludgeoned them to death, Sidhu said.
Police said after his arrest, Munna did not show any sign of remorse. He also pleaded that his wife be arrested, as after him there was nobody to look after her, they said.
Munna has confessed to having committed the crime, the CP said.
To make the crime look like an accident, police said, Munna opened the valve of a cooking gas cylinder and lit an incense stick so that the room catches fire and all evidence is destroyed.
Police have seized a bag containing a camera and a mobile-phone belonging to one of the victims from Munna. The weapon used in the crime has also been seized, they said.
The hammer when examined under UV light had blood stains on it, police said.
The incident came to light on Friday morning when a milkman alerted neighbours about the victims' house being locked from inside and no one responding, they said. The milkman told police that no one had opened the door of the house on Thursday too.
Neighbours climbed the front wall and entered the house to find all the three members of the family dead, police said.
Kaur and Lal's four sons are working abroad, police said.
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Man accused of rape-murder of 5-year-old lynched to death in Bengal; Girl’s body found in pond
Alipurduar: A 40-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl was allegedly tied to a tree and beaten to death by agitated locals in Alipurduar district located in West Bengal on Friday evening. Later, another man surrendered before the police claiming he was also involved in the crime, and was subsequently arrested.
The girl went missing on Friday evening. When her family began searching for the girl, they learned that she had last been seen with Mona Roy, as reported by the Indian Express.
The police said that the girl’s body was found floating in a local pond. They added that the locals caught Roy and took him to his residence where they allegedly noticed blood on the bed. Enraged by this, they tied Roy to a tree and started assaulting him.
Roy was beaten to death before the local police could reach the spot.
When the police arrived at the scene, angry locals prevented them from moving the two bodies. Eventually, a large team of police personnel was sent to the location. After two hours, they were able to remove the bodies from the area.
The bodies have been sent for a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, a man named Bhakta Roy approached the police, claiming that he was involved in the crime and feared for his safety from the angry mob. He was subsequently arrested.
Y. Raghuvanshi, Superintendent of Police, Alipurduar, asserted it is a heinous crime, adding that they have started a detailed investigation in connection to the incident.
