In yet another shocking incident, a 40-year-old man allegedly bludgeoned to death his father-in-law and two brother-in-laws and injured two other family members while they all were fast asleep on the terrace of their residence in northeast Delhi’s Nand Nagri area early on Tuesday morning, police said on Tuesday. The accused, Rajesh Kumar, reportedly attacked his in-laws with heavy wooden plank. He was caught by the neighbours when he was trying to flee the spot by jumping off the terrace to the adjacent house after commiting the crimes.
The deceased were Ram Kishan (60), his son Raju (26) and son-law Kiranpal (30) while the injured were identified as Ram Kishan’s another son in-law Tarun (28) and Kiranpal’s son Karan (15).
According to police, the incident took place around 1.30 am at the E block of Nand Nagri area where Rajesh, along with, Ram Kishan (60), Kiranpal, Tarun, Raju, Karan and his son were sleeping. Rajesh allegedly took a heavy wooden plank and smashed the victims’ heads.
DCP (Northeast) AK Singla said that prima facie the murders seem to be a fall out of some family dispute Further investigations are on to ascertain motive behind the murders. “A murder case has been registered against Rajesh. We are yet to record statement of the accused,” said the official, adding, “Rajesh also sustained injuries in head and leg when he tried to escape.
He is now undergoing treatment at a hospital. He is under police custody.”
“Ram Kishan was a retired MCD employee. He had decided to get his youngest daughter married. Rajesh was upset with the decision taken without seeking his advice,” said a senior investigator.
A relative alleged that Rajesh had made them sniff something due to which they became unconscious.
Sharda, a relative of the victims, said that Rajesh along with his wife, Rakhi and two children lived in Alwar, Rajasthan and often came down to the Nand Nagri house meet the in-laws.
Sources said that there was a family dispute going on between Rajesh and his in-laws. However, Rekhi denied any dispute.
Sharda further said, “All the men of the family were sleeping on the terrace after having dinner. The women members slept on the first floor. Around 1am, we went out after hearing screaming of women and saw that neighbours had caught Rajesh.”
One of the neighbours, who saw Rajesh jumping from the balcony, said that he thought that a thief was trying to escape. “It was only when one of the women went to the terrace that they found the men lying in a pool of blood, we came to know about the murders,” he added
Police took all the injured to GTB Hospital where Ram Kishan, Raju and Kiranpal were declared brought dead while Tarun and Karan are undergoing treatment.
Police further said that they have registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC at the Nand Nagri police station.