Gwalior police have solved a case of triple murder that occurred in the Morar area of the city a couple of days ago. A man, his wife and minor daughter were murdered by the man’s nephew for money.
The main accused Sachin is a nephew of the deceased, Jagdish Pal and resided near his house. Jagdish Pal was a property dealer and also used to lend money on interest. Sachin, who was a frequent visitor to his uncle’s house knew that there was lot of cash and jewellery in the house of his uncle and hatched a plan with his two other accomplices to murder Jagdish Pal and his family, consisting of his wife and minor daughter. Accordingly on last Sunday the trio went to the house of Jagdish Pal and murdered him, his wife and minor daughter before fleeing with jewellery worth 8 lakhs and an undisclosed amount of cash.
It was on Tuesday the police got information about the murder after the neighbours had complained about foul smell coming from the house.
On getting information the Gwalior SP, Amit Sanghi reached the spot and asked ASP, Rajesh Dandotia and Morar CSP, Ratnesh Singh to take up the case with utmost urgency. Forming various parties the two officers started collecting information.
Within a few hours, the police got information that one Tarun Jha, a resident of Morar was seen near the house of Jagdish on Sunday in a suspicious manner. The police brought him to the station and on sustained questioning he confessed to the crime. He said that Sachin was the mastermind and that he got involved in the crime for money.
Interacting with media persons here, Gwalior SP, Amit Sanghi said that the Gwalior police were able to solve the triple murder case that occurred in the Morar area of the city in no time. He added that Jagdish had allowed Sachin into the house on Sunday night because he was a trusted relative and regular visitor.
He further said that one accused has been arrested and that search parties have been sent to various places to apprehend the remaining two, including the mastermind and nephew of the deceased, Sachin.