Neb Sarai Murder: Son Kills Family Over Dispute

New Delhi: The police cracked the case of the grisly murder of a couple and their 23-year-old daughter in South Delhi’s Neb Sarai within hours. They revealed that the couple’s son carried out the killings. He had claimed to be 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 to inform him. Furthermore, officials stated that he stabbed his family to death in their sleep because his father had “humiliated” him. In addition, he discovered that his parents intended to leave their property to his sister. The police revealed that 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.

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Premeditated Triple Murder

Police found the bodies of Rajesh Kumar, 51, his wife Komal, 46, and their 23-year-old daughter Kavita 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. Neighbors who saw the bodies said that someone had stabbed Rajesh, Komal, and Kavita in the throat. A neighbour said Arjun had told them he had left for the walk after wishing his parents a happy anniversary. 

After recovering the bodies, the police reviewed CCTV footage. The footage convinced them that no one from outside the family had entered the house. Joint Commissioner of Police Sanjay Kumar Jain made this statement. The police also found no signs of forced entry. Nothing had been 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. Moreover, 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. 

‘Unimaginable’

The family, originally from Haryana, had moved to Delhi 15 years ago to ensure better academic and career opportunities for the children. 

“It’s a horrific incident. Yesterday, I saw the mother and daughter on their terrace, talking and laughing. Today, they are no longer alive. Crime has become so common, but experiencing it firsthand has completely shaken me,” Himani, a neighbor, told news agency PTI.

“The mother-daughter duo were approachable and kind to everyone in the colony. It’s unimaginable that something so tragic could happen to them,” another neighbour, Anjali, said.

AAP Attacks Centre

Before the police cracked the Neb Sarai murder case, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi attacked the Centre. The Centre controls the Delhi Police. Atishi accused the Centre of failing to ensure the security of residents in the National Capital.

“There was a triple murder in Neb Sarai this morning. Murders are happening in broad daylight in Delhi, bullets are being fired, and drugs are being sold openly. The central government has only one responsibility in Delhi – to provide security to the people of Delhi. They have completely failed in their responsibility,” she posted on X. 

Former chief minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who had liquid thrown on him – a serious breach of security – during a ‘padyatra’ in Delhi on November 30,  also lost no time in hitting out at the Centre. 

“Three murders in the same house in Neb Sarai… This is extremely painful and frightening. Every day, Delhiites wake up to such frightening news. Authorities have given criminals a free hand, and they have allowed law and order to collapse. People are destroying homes, and they are taking innocent lives. Those responsible are silently watching all of this happen,” he wrote on X.

This news is sourced from NDTV and is intended for informational purposes only.