Though Meerut police named one person in the sensational killing of six persons which included a woman and her four children, but mystery over motive of incident is yet to unfolded. SSP Meerut, Onkar Singh, claimed to have formed half a dozen teams to arrest the name accused, who was real brother of woman’s husband.
Reports said that the Meerut police revealed the identity of all the victims on Monday night. They claimed that the 40-year-old woman and 30-year-old man, whose bodies were found together at Juranpur gate at Partapur police station, had been identified as Ruksana, a resident of Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar and the other one as her friend Shad, hailing from Shahjahpur under Kithore police station in Meerut. The four children whose bodies were recovered from Samar Garden under lisadigate police station area, had been identified as Rimsha (20), Suhail (13), Julie (8) and Gungi (6), all children of Ruksana.
Reports further said that Ruksana’s brother Soni, had also named Sakib Ali aka Banke Ali, and claimed that he had murdered all the six. Soni disclosed that Ruksana’s husband Naved aka Raju, was lodged in Muzaffarnagar jail for last over one and half year, as the above accused Sakib (real brother of Naved) had registered a case of making an attempt on his life at Khatauli police station in Muzaffarnagar. The dispute between two brothers is said to be in connection with property. Soni said that Shad, was a friend and well-wisher of his sister Ruksana and just on last Saturday, they all went to Meerut. He claimed that just to remove the entire family from his way to grab the entire property, Sakib had eliminated the entire family. Further investigations are on in the matter.
It may be mentioned that tension gripped the city when six bodies, including that of four children, were recovered from two separate places in Meerut on the Republic Day morning. While bodies of a four children which included a teenage girl were recovered from Samar Garden area under lisarigate police station, that of a man and a lady were found near Juranpur Fatak in Pratappur area. All the children were murdered by sharp edged weapons while the other two were shot dead.