Murder Of South Delhi Couple, Daughter Cracked; Killer Was Son: Cops
Cracking the case of the grisly murder of a couple and their 23-year-old daughter in South Delhi’s Neb Sarai in a few hours, the police have said that the killings were carried out by the couple’s son, who had claimed to have been on a morning walk at the time.
The son had not only alerted the police about the murders but also allegedly called up his uncle and informed him. Officials said he had stabbed his family to death in their sleep because he had been “humiliated” by his father and had found out that his parents intended to leave their property to his sister. The police said he had been planning the murders for a while and had decided to carry them out on his parents’ wedding anniversary. He has now been arrested.
The bodies of Rajesh Kumar, 51, his wife Komal, 46, and their 23-year-old daughter Kavita were found in their house in Neb Sarai on Wednesday morning. Rajesh and Komal’s son, Arjun, 20, had claimed he had left for his morning walk around 5.30 am and found the bodies when he had returned.
The couple was celebrating their 27th wedding anniversary and neighbours who had seen the bodies had said that Rajesh, Komal and Kavita were stabbed in the throat. A neighbour said Arjun had told them he had left for the walk after wishing his parents a happy anniversary.
After the bodies were recovered, the police checked footage from CCTV cameras, which convinced them that no one from outside the family had entered the house, Joint Commissioner Of Police Sanjay Kumar Jain said. There were also no signs of forced entry into the house and nothing was stolen or ransacked.
Mr Jain said that, on further investigation, Arjun’s version seemed suspicious as there were many contradictions in his statements. He said Arjun was taken into custody and confessed to the murders after “sustained examination”.
Motive
Arjun did his schooling at Army Public School, Dhaula Kuan and is a second-year Bachelor of Arts student at Delhi University. He is also a trained boxer and represented Delhi in a boxing event, where he won a silver medal.
Mr Jain said Arjun told the police that his father, Rajesh, was an ex-serviceman and scolded him regularly about academics and chores. Rajesh, the officer said, had also shouted at and thrashed Arjun and “humiliated” him in front of his neighbours recently. Arjun also felt no one supported him in the family, which had led him to harbour a grudge against his parents and sister.
Arjun also felt neglected and isolated, Mr Jain said, and flew into a rage when he found out that his father wanted to leave his property to his sister in his will.
“He premeditated the plan to eliminate his family members. He chose December 4 since it was the marriage anniversary of his parents. To create a web of deception, he went out at 5.30 am to have an alibi,” a statement by the Delhi Police said.
