It’s been well over two weeks; however, district police have not been able to trace the whereabouts of Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Jhajjar, Haryana, who allegedly killed his wife Pramila and daughter Ruby on October 20 last month.
Sources said despite search operations being conducted by a team of district police in Haryana and several suspected locations, police so far have failed to trace the whereabouts of the accused. Police already issued a lookout notice to arrest the absconding accused.
Notably, the case of murder of Pramila and Ruby was lodged by the station house officer of Devprayag police station P Shah.
Senior Superintendent of Police Jagat Ram Joshi, Pauri district, disclosed that police surveillance of Kumar’s mobile phone hasn’t bee successful so far. Also police tried to keep a tab on him through his bank account, but that too was not successful as he already had withdrawn bulk of his money from his account.
The police officer suspected that Rajesh might have gone to south India as he was in the navy for 18 years. A lookout notice has been issued for the accused.
The SSP further said that a close friend of Rajesh had reportedly informed to the investigating officer of the case that Rajesh had sold a piece of land for Rs.1.25 crore in 2004 and had given the money to his brother-in-law.
However, when Rajesh asked the money back, his brother-in-law and his sister refused to oblige his request. This might prompt him to kill his wife and daughter. The police are continuing their efforts to trace his whereabouts.
It may be mentioned here that Rajesh’s wife Pramila, 45, daughter Ruby, 24, and son Jatin, 22, were found in an unconscious state at Devprayag on the bank of river Ganga.
While Pramila and Ruby were declared brought dead at the hospital, Jatin was sent to a higher centre for treatment.
Rajesh Kumar had come to Devprayag with his wife, daughter and son on October 17 and had stayed at the Badri-Kedar Dharmshala situated in the Tehri district.
The family left the Dharmshala during the evening to perform some religious rituals on October 19. Rajesh had then returned to Dharmshala alone and later left for Haridwar at around midnight. His wife, daughter, son were found unconscious beneath the Devprayag bridge on the morning of October 20.
Rajesh is suspected to have mixed poison in the water and administered the poisoned water to his family members to drink.