A 34-12 months-antique software engineer allegedly murdered his wife and three children at their home in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram and sent a video confessing the murders to his family organization on WhatsApp, police stated Sunday.
Police stated Sumit Kumar, who fled after the murder, also said that he had bought potassium cyanide to kill himself on WhatsApp. Upon seeing the video, Kumar’s sister, who also remains in Indirapuram, alerted her brother-in-regulation, Pankaj Singh, who rushed to the flat.
“I observed the door locked. I knew as the police who broke it open. We observed the body of my sister and her three youngsters with stab accidents,” Pankaj Singh claimed.
The police recognized the four sufferers as Kumar’s spouse, Anshu Bala, 32, their 5-year-vintage son Prathmesh, and twins Aarav and Aakriti, both elderly 4. Bala worked as an instructor at a playschool in Indirapuram, while Kumar stopped his job in December, relatives of the couple stated. They were given married in 2011. Prima facie, it appears Kumar killed his family as he was no longer capable of maintaining them financially, police stated.
“Sumit [Kumar] had been going through a financial crisis when you consider that he resigned from his activity in December closing year. My dad and mom also stayed with them. However, they had a long past to attend a marriage round per week returned. Sumit, his spouse, and three kids have been on my own in the flat,” Singh said.
The bodies of 4 victims have been sent for post-mortem, and the police filed an FIR after the victim’s brother filed a grievance, said Superintendent of Police (town) Shlok Kumar. Sumit Kumar becomes booked beneath phase 302 (murder) of IPC. In his alleged confession video, Sumit Kumar said he laced the drink of his own family with sedatives and, after that, killed them with a pointy object, the SP said. “We are trying to hint Sumit. His cell telephone is switched off,” he delivered.
Pankaj Singh stated Sumit Kumar had earlier worked with several software groups in Gurugram, Noida, and later went to Bengaluru in October 2018. “He labored there for a few months but resigned in December, closing yr. He then stayed with his brother in Bengaluru for two months. Then he came to Ghaziabad. It was only around Holi that we got here to recognize he had resigned. We do not realize the cause. I spoke to him finally on Friday, and he began smoking continuously. There were troubles due to economic problems, and his behavior had also become erratic,” Singh stated.
In the video, Sumit Kumar additionally named a medical store proprietor who allegedly fleeced him while buying drugs. In turn, he said, he cheated the store owner of Rs 1 lakh. Police stated they were seeking to confirm his claims.
The defending of the housing society in which the family lived stated that he noticed Kumar leaving the primary gate of the society overdue on Saturday night. “I noticed him smoking downstairs around eleven:30 pm. Later, at around 3 am, I saw him going out of doors at the primary entrance using his foot. I no longer listen to any sound from their 2nd floor flat,” said Indrajit Singh, the shield of the housing society.
