Ambala, July 22
An ex-serviceman allegedly killed five members of his family by slitting their throats with a sharp-edged weapon at Rataur village in Haryana’s Naraingarh on Sunday night.
Those killed were his mother, brother, sister-in-law and two children. The accused, Bhushan, also attacked his father, Om Prakash, and another daughter of his brother.
The injured father has been admitted to the Civil Hospital in Naraingarh. The daughter of the victim has been referred to GMCH-32 in Chandigarh with critical injuries.
After the crime, the accused tried to cremate the bodies at night. Police reached the spot and recovered the half-burnt bodies. The retired soldier fled the spot but was rounded up by the police later. On receiving the information, SP Surendra Singh Bhauria reached the spot at 3 am and started investigating the case. The bodies have been shifted to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, for post-mortem.
According to Om Prakash, the crime was over a dispute over two acres of land. The victims were identified as 35-year-old Harish, his 32-year-old wife Sonia, his 65-year-old mother Saropi, five-year-old daughter and six-month-old son.
