Lucknow: In a macabre incident, a family of five members including a couple and their three daughters were found dead inside a locked room in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Monday night.
Preliminary police probe revealed that the man first killed his wife and three daughters. He then stuffed the bodies in fridge and suitcases before hanging himself.
When the police broke open the room late Monday night they found the man-Manoj Kushwaha (35) hanging from the ceiling tied to a sari. The body of the middle daughter Shivani (6), with froth around her mouth, was lying on the floor.
The body of the other two daughters –Srishti (8) and Sonu (3) were stuffed inside the almirah. When the refrigerator was opened the body of his wife Sunita came tumbling out.
Thirty five-year-old Manoj Kushwaha, resident of Pipalgaon in Dhoomanganj area of Allahabad, was a well-to-do farmer who lived with his family, including his father Gulabchand, brother Gopal, sister-in-law Sadhna and his wife and three daughters.
According to his father, Gulabchand when he returned from the fields last evening the television was playing full blast in Manoj’s room, which was locked from inside.
A worried Gulabchand alerted villagers after no one opened the door even after repeated knocking.
The police broke open the door and inside was this ghastly scene. The police removed all the five bodies, which have been sent for post mortem.
According to SSP Allahabad prima facie it appears that Manoj killed his family and then committed suicide by hanging.
A trace of froth around the mouth of the middle daughter suggests that the Manoj probably poisoned them before killing them most likely by strangulation, claim police sources.
In her statement to the police, the only other person present in the house at the time of the crime, Sadhna, said that the children were seen around the house till noon after which the family retired to their room, which was then locked from inside.
Hearing the loud television playing in the room Sadhna had knocked at her brother-in-law’s door to find out the reason but there had been no response.
In the evening, when her father-in-law and husband returned from the field she told them about the room not opening and the loud television playing.
Agencies