4 bodies, 3yrold survivor in afternoon ‘killing spree’

GURUGRAM: Three-year-old Naksh walked into his home in Brijpura village, Pataudi, after school on Wednesday to find his parents and grandmother brutally murdered. His father, 29-year-old Manish Gaur, was stabbed 32 times on the head, face and chest. However, it was four cuts on the neck that eventually led to his death. His grandmother, 61-year-old Phoolwati, was stabbed multiple times and suffered head injuries that led to her death.

This was revealed in the autopsy report conducted on the couple and the grandmother – Manish and his wife 23-year-old Pinky, and Phool- wati. The accused is the boy’s uncle, who – according to the forensic report – murdered them between noon and 3pm on Wednesday. According to the police, Naksh’s one-yearold sister was still alive when he walked in, but she too was injured. She died later that night in a hospital.

Now the lone surviving member of the family, Naksh has become a prime witness in the case. The police said the child was in a state of shock and slept next to the body of his father. When they entered the house, 43 kilometres from Gurugram, around 8.45 pm, Naksh got up and went near the body of his grandmother. “The child told us that his uncle had allegedly killed his father and grandmother, and he was a ‘bad uncle’,” said KK Rao, commissioner of police, Gurugram.

In the twist to the tale, forensic test revealed Pinky died due to hanging, but it was not clear whether she was killed and hanged or committed suicide.

“Nothing can be ruled out,” said Deepak Mathur, a forensic expert who conducted the postmortem examination. Her hands also had injury marks.

Rao said the neighbours saw the accused exiting the house around 3 pm. “The boy may have seen his uncle inside the house. He may have hid in a corner, and the accused may not have seen him,” the commissioner added.