Minor brothers found dead in Noida, father missing

Two brothers, aged seven and three years, were found dead on Wednesday with their throats slit in a green belt in Noida’s Sector 34 that comes under the Sector 24 police jurisdiction

Two brothers, aged seven and three years, were found dead on Wednesday with their throats slit in a green belt in Noida’s Sector 34 that comes under the Sector 24 police jurisdiction. The bodies were found about two kilometres from their home in Hoshiyarpur village under the Sector 49 police station limits, police said.

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The deceased were identified as Monu and Tinka. According to police, the boys’ mother, Varsha, on Wednesday morning had filed a missing complaint about her two sons and husband Mahesh at Sector 49 police station.

Police said that local people informed them about the bodies of two children lying in the green belt near a private school.

Rajesh S, deputy commissioner of police, Noida, said a police team reached the spot. “The two children had injury marks on their bodies and throats. It appears they were attacked by a sharp object,” he said.

The Sector 24 police launched an investigation and soon it was found that a missing complaint was lodged in this regard.

According to Vinod Kumar Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Sector 49 police station, the woman in her complaint said that her husband Mahesh had taken their two children for evening walk on Tuesday in the park, but they did not return late night. The woman launched a search but failed to trace them, police said, adding that she filed a complaint on Wednesday morning.

The woman has identified the children’s bodies, police said.

Singh said that Mahesh, who worked at an embroidery workshop in the city, had lost his job last month. “He had been tense since then. He also had a heated argument with his wife over job loss last week. It appears he killed the two children and fled the spot,” the SHO said.

However, the Noida DCP said that a police team visited the victims’ house and scanned the footage of CCTV cameras from nearby areas. “In the CCTV footage, Mahesh was seen going with the children at 6.30pm. Since Mahesh is missing, it is not clear if he is a victim or a suspect in this case. We are trying to trace him,” he said.

Police said the two bodies have been sent for a post-mortem and reports are awaited. A case has been registered against unknown persons under Section 302 (murder) of IPC at Sector 24 police station. “We are investigating the case from all angles,” the DCP said.