Family dispute leaves 3 dead, 2 others hurt

In a family dispute, a man bludgeoned three of his relatives to death including his father-in-law and brothers-in-law and grievously injured two others, including a 15-year-old boy, in Northeast Delhi’s Nand Nagri area on Tuesday.

The accused, Rajesh, used grindstones and stick to inflict head injuries to the family members who were sleeping in their house on Monday night.

The deceased include Ram Kishan (60), his son Raju (26), and his son-in-law Kiranpal (30). The injured include Tarun (28) and Raju’s son Karan (15), the police said.

“The accused, Rajesh (40), also sustained head and leg injuries as he tried to escape from the house after bludgeoning family members and jumped from the second floor of the house. He is admitted in the hospital. He is under police custody and a case of murder has been registered against him,” said A.K. Singla, DCP (Northeast).

Police said that Ram Kishan was a retired sanitation worker of MCD. His family included his four sons Mannu, Ravi, Govinda, and Raju and three married daughters Rakhi, Asha, and Priya. Rajesh, a resident of Alwar (Rajasthan), was married to Rakhi.

The accused, carrying his son Aditya, came from Alwar to his in-law’s place after a dispute with his wife on Monday morning. Later, his wife Rakhi too came in along with their other children.

The whole family was involved in hearing the grievances of the fighting couple. Another son-in-law of the family, Kiranpal, who lived in the neighbourhood, was also called to settle the dispute.

At night, Rajesh convinced Kiranpal to stay back so that his problem could be solved through the latter’s mediation. However, when the whole family was fast asleep after dinner, he stealthily picked up grindstones and stick to hit them.

Police suspected that some sedative might have been mixed with the food eaten by the family at dinner as the accused went on a killing spree without inviting any alarm from any of the family member.

Later, the accused tried to escape by jumping from the second floor of the house to an adjacent building and then down into the lane but sustained injuries on his head and leg. The neighbours saw him and caught him.

Amid the ruckus, rest of the family members discovered the injured persons and rushed them to the hospital where Ram Kishan, Raju, and Kiranpal were declared dead by the doctors. Tarun and Karan were grievously injured and were admitted to GTB Hospital in a critical condition.