In a gruesome incident, a 45-year-old tailor killed five members of his family, including his wife and two teenaged children, before committing suicide in his Pachpoli residence at Nagpur in eastern Maharashtra.
The incident, which took place late on Sunday night, came to light on Monday morning when the neighbours of the deceased complained to the police. Though the police suspect a family dispute might have resulted in multiple murders, the exact motive behind the shocking incident has not been established yet.
Talking to local media persons, Nagpur’s Additional Commissioner of Police Sunil
Phulari said: “The accused Alok Matukar initially slit the throats of his wife Vijaya (40) and daughter Pari (14) and throttled his son Sahil (12) in his house. He later went to the house of Laxmi Bobde (55) and sister-in-law Amisha Bobde (21) and also slit their throats. He later returned to his home and hanged himself from a ceiling fan”.
Phulari said that the incident came to light when Matukars' neighbours found their hours locked from inside even after 9 am. “One of the neighbours peeped inside Matukars' home through the window and found Alok lying on the ground. Realising that something was amiss, Matukar's neighbour alerted the police. Our team reached there and broke open the door to find Alok lying dead under a fan in the drawing room, while the bodies of three other members of his family were lying elsewhere at home. Later on we recovered the bodies of Alok’s mother-in-law Laxmi and sister-in-law Amisha from their nearby house”.