Delhi man kills four family members, one by one, over four hours, say cops

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man, who returned from a drug rehabilitation centre a few months ago, allegedly stabbed to death four members of his family at their home in Palam one after the other in a four-hour killing spree that began on Tuesday evening after his 75-year-old grandmother refused to give him money. Police identified the man as Keshav Saini, who was caught later.

The suspect left home abruptly on November 3 and returned 19 days later, on Tuesday morning, according to Keshav’s cousin Kuldeep Saini (26), who is the complainant in the case, adding that such intermittent disappearances were routine for Keshav, who “was a drug addict for around 10 years”. Police clarified Keshav was not under the influence when he murdered his family.

Preliminary investigation inferred that a “quarrel triggered the murders”, said DCP (south west) Manoj C. “He did not have a stable job and his family used to tell him to mend his ways. This left him frustrated,” he said.

Police deployed outside a Walmart store in the American state of Virginia, where a store employee opened fire late on Tuesday, killing six people, officials said, in the second highprofile mass killing in a handful of days. The assailant is also dead. The shooting came days after a person opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado killing five people.

SANJEEV VERMA/HT PHOTO/ANI Police and locals at the spot of the crime in New Delhi’s Palam on Wednesday; (Inset) Accused Keshav.