Five of household discovered lifeless at dwelling in UP, SP says state has ‘drowned in crime’ beneath BJP 2.0

By PTI

PRAYAGRAJ/LUCKNOW: Five members of a household, together with three youngsters, have been discovered lifeless at their dwelling in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district, police stated on Saturday.

The incident passed off in Khagalpur village beneath Nawabganj police station space on Friday night time, they stated.

Prayagraj Superintendent of Police Abhishek Agarwal stated Rahul (42), his spouse Priti (38) and their daughters Mahi (15), Pihu (13) and Kuhu (11) have been discovered lifeless at their dwelling.

A forensic workforce and a canine squad are on the spot for investigation. Rahul was discovered hanging from the roof, the opposite deceased had accidents from a pointy object on their neck.

Senior Superintendent of Police (Prayagraj) Ajay Kumar stated, “The physique of the home proprietor, Rahul, was discovered hanging from the ceiling with a saree and it had no damage marks. Three chairs have been stacked the place his physique was discovered, indicating that he dedicated suicide.

“The bodies of Rahul’s wife and three daughters bore injury marks inflicted by a sharp-edged weapon, which suggests murder. Both these angles are being probed.” The publish mortem report of Rahul’s physique that got here on Saturday night confirmed that he had dedicated suicide by hanging himself from the roof with a saree, stated senior police officers.

The police obtained details about the incident round 7.30 am. Seven groups have been shaped to probe the case, the SSP stated.

According to Rahul’s sister and brother-in-law, he was embroiled in a dispute together with his in-laws for some time, the police stated.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh authorities over the incident, saying the state has “drowned in crime”.

“Under the rule of BJP government 2.0, UP has drowned in crime. Today’s crime list,” he tweeted in Hindi together with a screenshot of a information channel.

Replying to Yadav, a senior police official stated a preliminary probe signifies that the top of the household killed the others earlier than committing suicide.

“A preliminary probe indicates that the house owner killed his family before committing suicide due to a family dispute, ” Additional Director General, Prayagraj zone, Prem Prakash tweeted in Hindi.

Terming the incident “extremely sad,” Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in Lucknow stated the reality behind the incident shall be identified as soon as the probe is accomplished.

“The incident is being probed seriously and expeditiously. The reason behind it will be known (after the investigation). The guilty will not be spared,” he stated.

Asked in regards to the Opposition’s criticism over the incident, Maurya stated, “At a time when the police are probing the incident and trying to catch the culprits, people should wait. The guilty will not be able to escape, even if any opposition leader tries to save them.”

In one other incident within the Sorawa village of the district, a girl was hit on her head by her husband in a household brawl leading to her demise.

Sorawa police station in-charge Sudhir Kumar stated following a quarrel on Friday night time, Sorawa resident Malak Chaudhary hit his spouse on her head with a blunt object resulting in her demise.

In one more incident, the physique of Rambabu of Bari village of the district was discovered the earlier night time.

The sufferer had moved out of the house following a phone name and later his physique with deep accidents on his head was discovered.

The accidents indicated an assault by an iron rod. The physique was discovered at a long way from his dwelling within the village.