Sonepat man hacks wife, two sons to death, hangs self

ROHTAK: A 42-year-old brick supplier hacked his wife and his two sons to death before hanging himself at his rented house in Sonepat district on Saturday. Satish Kumar was reportedly upset over his wife’s ‘affair’ with a local resident.

The bodies of Satish, his wife Jyoti, 38, and sons Lakshay, 14 and Aryan, 11, were found by his elder brother Mahender.

Satish’s landlord Ram Kumar, who stays on the ground floor, said he went to check on the family at 8 am after the two children did not come down to go to school. He said he knocked on the door that was locked from inside but got no response. Kumar then called Satish on his mobile phone but it also went unanswered.

Worried, he informed other neighbours who suggested calling the police. Kumar then called Mahender and his sister Suman who live nearby. As the front door was locked, Mahender used a ladder to reach the backdoor. As he broke open the door to enter the house, he found Satish’s body hanging from the ceiling and his wife and two sons lying in a pool of blood on the bed. A sickle covered in blood was lying on the floor.

Sonepat police sub-inspector Jai Prakash, who is looking into the case, said they have found a suicide note that was kept on a sofa in the room.

In the note, Satish confessed to have killed his wife and two sons and said he took the extreme step as his wife, a schoolteacher, was having an affair with one Pradeep Mehta. Satish also blamed Jyoti’s mother Nirmala and her two brothers Sandeep and Kuldeep for harassing him.

Mahender told police that his brother was disturbed over the affair for the past many months.