Man kills wife, 15-year-old daughter, injures younger child in Ghaziabad; held

A 45-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and 15-year-old daughter and injured his younger daughter at their Ghaziabad home. Police detained the suspect.

45-year-old man allegedly murdered his wife and a minor daughter and injured his other minor daughter at their house in Ghaziabad’s Khoda late on Friday night, police said.

A Ghaziabad man allegedly stabbed his wife and 15-year-old daughter to death and injured his 14-year-old daughter. Police detained the accused.

The suspect, identified as Raja Ansari, was taken into custody, while his wife, Bibi Tabassum, and their 15-year-old daughter died after being stabbed, police said. Their other daughter, 14, was injured and is undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Police officers said that the incident happened at the suspect’s house in Khoda’s Lokpriya Vihar around 12.15am on Saturday. The family, originally from Araria in Bihar, lived on the fourth floor of a residential building where the incident happened, officers said.

“The man used a sharp-edged weapon, a knife, and inflicted multiple blows at his wife while she was almost asleep late Friday night. Hearing the cries of her mother, their 15-year-old daughter tried to intervene, but the suspect also inflicted multiple blows at her. Thereafter, he also injured the 14-year-old daughter. She managed to escape the house and alerted the neighbours,” Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the Indirapuram circle Suryabali Maurya told HT.

“All the three injured were rushed to a hospital where the doctors declared the woman and 15-year-old as dead on arrival,” ACP Maurya said.

“The other girl is under treatment and stable. He did not reveal any specific motive behind the incident, but it seems to be some domestic issue. A formal complaint is awaited from the family or their relatives,” the ACP added.

The bodies were sent for autopsy, officers added.