Four people, including three of a family, were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Rajpur Kesariya village under Dilari police station area of Moradabad.
Police recovered the bodies of Rajendra, his two sons and a servant from a small basement beneath a room of Rajendra Singh’s house in the wee hours of Tuesday. The police sent the bodies for autopsy.
The deceased were identified as Rajendra (50), his two sons Harkesh (30) & Preetam (25), and their servant Ramesh (40). After preliminary investigation, police said Rajendra Singh used to make and sell illicit liquor. A year ago, 250 boxes of illicit liquor were recovered from his house and he was sent to jail.
After coming out, Rajendra Singh again started making hooch with his two sons. Even on the day of the accident, he was drinking illicit liquor in another house built near his house. In the meantime, Rajendra, his two sons and servants fainted one after another, probably after inhaling some poisonous gas. Rajendra’s wife Phoolvati, who was sitting outside, reached there found them unresponsive.
Phoolvati raised an alarm after which neighbours reached there and they also found it difficult to breathe. On being informed, the police reached the spot and pulled out the deceased. Moradabad SSP Pawan Kumar also reached the spot and called a team of forensic experts. Prima facie, it appeared that the four died of suffocation due to inhaling toxic gas released by half-dry dung cakes stored in the basement, the SSP said.
Meanwhile, a woman and her son were killed in a road accident on the Yamuna Expressway in Mathura in the wee hours of Tuesday. Her husband and daughter were also injured in the mishap. The injured were first admitted to a nearby hospital but then referred to a hospital in Agra in view of their critical condition.
Ramesh Chandra was returning home in Indra Vihar locality of Delhi with his family following his daughter Kushboo’s marriage at a 5-star hotel in Agra on Monday. Chandra was accompanied by his wife, son and a daughter in their car (Swift).
As soon as the family reached near Baldeo town, the speeding car hit a culvert and overturned.