45-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife and a minor daughter and injured his other minor daughter at their house in Ghaziabad’s Khoda late on Friday night, police said.
“The man used a sharp-edged weapon, a knife, and inflicted multiple blows at his wife while she was almost asleep late Friday night. A police team was sent to the house and the man was detained. “The other girl is under treatment and stable. He did not reveal any specific motive behind the incident, but it seems to be some domestic issue. A formal complaint is awaited from the family or their relatives,” the ACP added. The bodies were sent for autopsy, officers added.
The suspect, identified as Raja Ansari, was taken into custody, while his wife, Bibi Tabassum, and their 15-year-old daughter died after being stabbed, police said. Their other daughter, 14, was injured and is undergoing treatment at a hospital. Police officers said that the incident happened at the suspect’s house in Khoda’s Lokpriya Vihar around 12.15am on Saturday. Hearing the cries of her mother, their 15-year-old daughter tried to intervene, but the suspect also inflicted multiple blows at her. Thereafter, he also injured the 14-year-old daughter.
The family, originally from Araria in Bihar, lived on the fourth floor of a residential building where the incident happened, officers said. She managed to escape the house and alerted the neighbours,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Indirapuram circle Suryabali Maurya told HT. Police said that the suspect did not flee the house.
