In a nerve chilling incident a man allegedly strangulated his wife and two children of age 4 and 6 years respectively and later hanged self in his home situated at Taz Nagar locality under Civil lines police station on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
“We are trying to find the exact reason why the man took so extreme step,” informed Superintendent of Police OP Pal on Friday. According to police the deceased were identified as Altaf Quraishi (30) son of Rasik Quraishi, Jahida Begum (25), Saddam Quraishi (6), Anjum Quraishi (4) all residents of Sonia Chowk Taz Nagar, Pandri. The deceased Altaf Quraishi on late Friday night around 3 am had called police control room and informed officers on duty that he had killed his wife and two children and was going to hang self.
The control room immediately passed the information to Civil lines police station and the police patrolling party reached his home, informed, Sub Inspector KK Banjrae talking with The Pioneer over phone. Finding the door locked from inside cops broke into the house and were shocked to find three persons lying dead in the house and Altaf Quraishi hanging from the ceiling in house, SI said. Police informed that prima-fascia marks of strangulation were seen on the neck of wife and children of Altaf Quraishi.
The SP further informed that the family used to live in a rented home and Quraishi was a private employee. We have found a suicide note in which Quraishi had mentioned some strenuous relations in the family. He has also mentioned about some financial constraints but economical reasons do not seems strong enough grounds for taking such an extreme step, SP said adding we are investigating the case. Meanwhile, Civil lines Police Station has registered a case in this connection.