Lucknow, A 56-year-old Uttar Pradesh Home Guard allegedly strangled his wife and daughter to death with a data cable while they were asleep at their home in Lucknow’s Krishnanagar area, police said on Friday.
Preliminary investigation suggested that Shankar frequently had domestic disputes with his wife. Senior police officers inspected the crime scene, and a forensic team was called to collect evidence. The bodies were sent for postmortem after completion of inquest proceedings.
The incident came to light around 6 am on Friday after police received information about the alleged murder of a woman and her daughter at their residence in the Bholakhera locality, according to a police statement. In a separate incident in the same police station area, a 28-year-old painter, Sukhpal, was found injured outside his room and later declared dead at Lokbandhu Hospital.
She returned home a few days ago, police said.
After an earlier dispute, she allegedly left home without informing the family and took some jewellery with her, prompting him to lodge a missing-person report.
The accused, Ravindra Shankar, has been taken into custody and is being questioned.
The motive behind the killings is being investigated, they said.
A case has been registered, and further investigation is underway. Sukhpal’s body has been kept at the hospital mortuary pending the arrival of his family and completion of legal formalities. Further investigation is underway.
