A 37-year-old mother and her 8-year-old son were stabbed to death with knives in broad daylight in the densely populated Surendra Nagar of Qwarsi police station area of the city. Both were alone in the house at the time of the incident and the miscreants left after killing them. When the news of the incident that took place in the afternoon spread in the area, the entire staff, including the SSP, reached the spot. The police was engaged in the investigation and are probing all angles including robbery and enmity. On behalf of the jewelers, a complaint has been given expressing the suspicion of murder in the ongoing dispute with the sister-in-law.
Lalit Saraf, originally a resident of Bijauli village of Palimukimpur, has been living here for more than a decade in a house on the street opposite Singhal Sadan and has a shop in the name of Radhika Jewelers at Phool Chowk. The house is survived by 37-year-old wife Shikha Verma, eight-year-old son Digwanshu alias Govinda, besides two elder daughters. At the time of incident, the daughters had gone to Mathura at aunt's house. Lalit was at the shop. During this, two masked people entered the house and killed both of them and left. The news of this incident spread after neighbors peeped into the house. Lalit himself reached here on information.
Police officers including SSP Kalanidhi Naithani also reached. Two masked men entering and exiting the house have been found imprisoned in CCTV. Several cupboards in the house were open and items were found scattered in them. Lalit has expressed suspicion of murder in the ongoing dispute with sister-in-law during interrogation. A complaint has been lodged against the sister-in-law and her future husband on suspicion of murder. The police is investigating both the rivalry murder and the robbery aspects. There is also a possibility that the goods were spread to show the incident as loot or to find something.
Kalanidhi Naithani, SSP told that the murder of jweller's wife and son in Saraf's house has been taken seriously. In the investigation and interrogation so far, the matter of murder has come to the fore. Five teams have been formed. All the teams have been instructed to investigate on every aspect. Soon this matter will be revealed.