A retired army man known for his social work who killed four persons including his daughter-in-law in early hours on Tuesday in the Rajendra Park area on Gurugram had some dispute with his tenant's family, the complainant, brother-in-law of the deceased Krishna Tiwari, alleged in his police complaint.
The complainant Ashwani Mishra told the police that on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan his sister Anamika had visited his house and informed him that there was some dispute between Tiwari's family and the house owner Rao Rai Singh (70).
"My sister had told me that their house owner had developed some dispute with them a few days back. I am completely sure their house owner had killed his sister's family in a fit of rage with a sharp-edged weapon" Mishra told the police.
Following information given by the victim Krishna Tiwari's relatives the complainant had visited the incident spot in the Rajendra Park area on Tuesday morning and found Krishna Tiwari (41) dead body on the second floor of the house while Anamika (38) and her daughter Surbhi (9) body on the bed while Vidhi (3) was admitted to a hospital in critical condition by the police.
Meanwhile, the Police preliminary investigation revealed that the prime accused Rao Rai Singh suspected his daughter-in-law Sunita Yadav (32) of having an illicit relationship with the tenant and he killed his daughter-in-law and the tenant’s family one by one with the sharp-edged weapon and later surrendered before the police at the Rajendra Park police station at around 6.30 am on Tuesday with the crime weapon.
“First, he murdered Sunita Yadav, who was sleeping on the first floor and then went to the second floor and killed three tenants with a sharp weapon. A minor daughter of the tenant who was also attacked, survived,” the police said.
"We are probing the matter with all possible angles including the scientific and technical angles. However, it is early to disclose whether it was an illicit relationship or property dispute behind the incident. It will be cleared after a detailed investigation. The matter is under investigation as per the statement given by the victim family members," Deepak Saharan, DCP (west) said.
However, police also suspect the involvement of other criminals in the alleged killing.
A case of murder was registered under relevant sections of the IPC at the Rajendra Park police station in Gurugram.