Six brutal murders in two cases of robbery rocked the trans-Yamuna region on Monday. A businessman, and three of his domestic helps were butchered in Vivek Vihar.
In another incident of robbery-cum-murder, a woman and her daughter were found murdered in their house in laxmi Nagar. In both the gruesome cases, the victims’ throats were slit.
The bodies of businessman Bajrang lal Bokadia (62) and three of his domestic helps —driver Vinod Dubey (45), cook Bhola Singh (30) and help Anand (18) — were found in the master bedroom of Bokadia’s residence at Vivek Vihar. Police said as the entry was friendly, it seems the robbers were known to the family and had hatched a foolproof dacoity plan.
At the time of incident, Bokadia’s wife Pushpa Devi was away to attend a religious function at their hometown in Sujangarh in Rajasthan. Bokadia was into rubber-chemical business and was also the vice-president of the Oswal religious community.
On Monday around 8am, Subhash Jethia, a member of the Oswal community came to Bokadia residence to collect tea and snacks to distribute it in the ongoing religious function in the area. However, they were surprised to find the main gate of Bokadia house ajar.
“Bokadia was tied to a chair and bodies of his three helps were lying on the floor with their throats slit. The accused had gagged the victims with tape and had also tied their hands and legs,” said a senior police official.
In another incident, a woman and her daughter were found dead in their house in J block at laxmi Nagar on Monday morning. Ramvati (85) and Rajni (55) were both widows, and were living in this house for nine years.
The bodies were recovered by their domestic help who reached their residence around 7:30 am on Monday. As the door was open, she entered the house and saw the duo lying in the drawing room.
According to neighbours, the duo did not interact much with locals. “I spoke to her last evening and she was talking about some water problem. I rung her door bell at 6 am and could hear the television on. I continued with my chores assuming she was awake,” said Mousumi Bannerjee, a neighbour.