Suspecting an illicit relationship, a murder convict killed his wife and daughter in Golkhedi village under Gunga police station on Monday. The assailant has been arrested. According to police sources, Bharat Singh Thakur (55) who was convicted for life imprisonment for killing Barelal Thakur a resident of the same village killed his wife and daughter.
On Monday morning after a heated argument with his wife Anni Bai Thakur (50), the accused attacked her with an axe and hit in her head. In a bid to rescue her, her daughter Sapna Thakur (18) tried to intervene but she too was attacked by the accused. The attack proved fatal for both mother and daughter and they died on the spot. At around 10 am brother of accused Pancham Singh who came to meet the family spotted the injured mother and daughter. Since, the accused was still at home, fearing arrest he attacked Pancham as well, but he managed to escape and informed the police about the incident.After receiving the information a police team was rushed to the spot and arrested the accused.