3 of family murdered in cold blood, gold ornaments looted

Three people of a family were murdered on Thursday night in Thakur mohalla of Chandra Nagar, near Koteshwar. After having committed the crime, the unidentified killers fled with some gold ornaments.The police reached the spot and is trying to hunt down the accused. The family of Kailash Gupta lived in Chandra Nagar in Gwalior. He worked as waiter at Janta Hotel in Station Bajaria. on Thursday night, when he returned home at 2.25 am, he found the door of the house open. He called his wife Saroj but she did not respond.

When he reached inside the house he found his wife, daughter-in-law and son dead. Seeing this, Kailash along with his neighbour Ramkumar and reached police station and reported the matter.On hearing the news, the SP Hari Narain Chari Mishra reached the spot with force and called the forensic team also.

During the investigation, police found that the almirah was found open and the keys of almirah were found near the body of Saroj. 

The daughter of Kailash Sangeeta was married to a youth of Kannauj seven years ago. They have a son, but around five years ago, the relationship got estranged and she started living alone in a flat at Windsor hill. She has also filled a case of dowry against her husband and in-laws.Police informed that in the dowry case, the testimony of Saroj, Kailash and Pawan was scheduled in the court. Construction work in his house was going on from last 6 month so neighbours used to come in his house. Ornaments from the body of women were taken away and it is suspected that murder was committed for gold ornaments.

The SP Gwalior Hari Narain Chari Mishra said that someone known to the family has committed the crime. He murdered all the three people present in the house, only to hide his identity. The situation would be clear on receipt of postmortem report. “We have received some information and taking action on the basis,” he added.