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Man poisons wife, 4 children, before suicide attempt in Gurugram; domestic issues cited as motive
The incident took place on Saturday night when the man's brother came home at around 9:30 pm and found the family unconscious on the first floor.
A 39-year-old man killed his wife and four children, then slit his wrist with a knife but survived, in Gurugram’s Wazirpur village late on Saturday, police said. He was taken to a government hospital in the city and remains in critical condition, they added.
Police said an early investigation suggests the man allegedly poisoned his 35-year-old wife, three daughters aged 14, 12 and 10, and his eight-year-old son.
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Man kills wife, 4 children before slitting his wrists
The man allegedly tried to end his life by slitting his wrists after poisoning his wife, three daughters and son, as mentioned in an earlier HT report.
The incident took place on Saturday night when the man's brother came home at around 9:30 pm and found the family unconscious on the first floor. He immediately took them to the hospital, where doctors declared the woman and four children dead, police told news agency PTI.
“We have informed the woman’s family and the bodies are being sent for a post-mortem examination… Preliminary investigations indicate that the man poisoned all five and slit his wrist using a knife,” Gurugram police spokesperson Sandeep Turan told HT.
Turan said the family was originally from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and had been living in a rented house in Wazirpur for several years. “The man ran a salon in the area,” said Turan.
Neighbours alerted the police control room between 9 pm and 9.30 pm on Saturday. When an emergency response team reached the house, they found the woman and children unconscious. The man was lying in a pool of blood.
He will be questioned after he recovers, an investigator said.
Why did the man kill his family?
A senior police officer told PTI that the man told police the family did not wish to live.
"The cause behind the incident is not clear yet. Whether Nazim killed his wife and children by poisoning or strangling them is a matter of investigation. We have kept the bodies in a mortuary and are investigating all angles," assistant commissioner of police Naveen Sharma.
Sharma also told ANI that the husband has injuries on his hand, which may indicate involvement, and the investigation is still underway.
He added that officials believe the motive appears to be domestic problems, but evidence collected from the crime scene is being examined, and further action will be taken.
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(With inputs from HT Correspondent and agencies)
