43-year-old stabs wife, minor daughter to death, kills self

NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old man went on a stabbing spree in his house in east Delhi’s Shahdara on Tuesday morning, murdering his wife and six-year-old daughter and severely injuring his 13-year-old son, before killing himself, police officers said.

The incident came to light after a colleague called the man for a work-related matter — he informed the caller about the murders before dying by suicide.

Police found the bodies in the children’s bedroom, while their son was found unconscious with a deep cut on his neck. He was taken to a hospital and is critical, said officers aware of the matter.

The police did not recover a suicide note from the spot, but financial documents in the family’s home at Shahdara’s Jyoti Colony suggested that they were in debt, officials said.

The man used to work with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and his wife, 43, was a homemaker.

Preliminary investigations suggest the alleged killings and the suicide took place between 11.20am and 12.05pm on Tuesday, said the police.

The other DMRC employee called the police control room at 12.04pm, informing them that his reporting manager had allegedly killed everyone in his family. “He told the police that when he called to ask for leave, the man was crying on the phone, saying that he had killed everyone in his family. He did not take any call after that,” said Rohit Meena, deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara).

“When police reached the spot at around 12.12pm, the man was found hanging, while the other deceased were found with severe stab injuries. His son, having deep stab wounds on the neck, was unconscious. Police immediately took the boy to GTB hospital for treatment. According to the doctors, his condition is critical as his vocal cord had severe cuts,” Meena said.

Police have filed a murder and an attempt to murder case in this connection, and also recovered two blood-stained knives.