Woman, 3 daughters found murdered; husband on run

A 30-year-old woman and her three daughters aged five, four, and three were found murdered in their rented accommodation in north Delhi's Samaypur Badli on Wednesday morning, police said adding that the husband is the prime suspect and on the run Police said that the motive is yet to be ascertained.

- Hemani Bhandari

Deputy commissioner of police (outer north) Hareshwar Swami said that the deceased were identified as Anita, and her three daughters. The family is originally from Patna district in Bihar and had been living in this rented accommodation in Chandan Park. The suspect has been identified as Munchun Kewat who sells ginger in Azadpur Mandi. “The killings came to light around 8 am when neighbours alerted the police. A police team from Samaypur Badli police station rushed to the spot and found the bodies of the woman and the three children lying inside a ground-floor room in a pool of blood,” the officer said. According to police, their throats were found slit with a sharp-edged weapon.

“The crime team and forensic science laboratory team have inspected the scene and collected exhibits,” Swami said adding that Kewat has been missing since early morning. “He is absconding and multiple teams have been constituted to trace and apprehend him”.