Confrontation with dad triggered triple murder

How a birthday party led to three murders

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A day after the arrest of a 20-year-old man for the chilling murders of his father, mother, and sister at their Neb Sarai home, police revealed that the accused, Arjun Tanwar, had planned the killings following a heated confrontation in which his father rebuked him and struck him in front of guests at his sister's birthday party.

Police recovered the murder weapon - an army knife belonging to his father and the bloodstained clothes Arjun wore during the crime. He had stashed the clothes and the knife in Sanjay Van, where he went on a "walk" to create an alibi after the killings.

In a series of shocking murders on Wednesday, Arjun moved from room to room, methodically slitting the throats of his family members at around 5am. Arjun then staged a scene, pretending to have gone for a morning walk and returning to "discover" the bodies. At 6.53am, he called the police, claiming his family had been murdered.

After inconsistencies in his statements and visible injuries on his hands raised suspicion, Arjun broke down during interrogation and confessed. Investigators said they found that he had planned the murders after his sister's birthday party on Sunday.