‘Financial woes’: 38-year-old kills wife & two sons, tries to end life in Delhi’s Dwarka

Accused messaged his friends in Sunday early morning hours regarding his severe financial woes, police say. Admitted to hospital with cut wounds.

Representative picture of Delhi Police at a crime site | PTI

New Delhi: A 38-year-old man in Delhi’s Vipin Garden area allegedly killed his wife and two sons, including an infant, over “financial woes” on Sunday morning, the Delhi Police said.

According to the police, Rajesh allegedly inflicted multiple stab wounds on his wife and their children — a five-year and the other four months old — and then tried to slit his wrist. He is currently undergoing treatment. The weapon of offence, a knife, was confiscated.

Rajesh’s elderly parents were in the next room when the incident took place, the police said.

Asked if the other family members heard anything, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dwarka M. Harsha Vardhan said, “the father is 80 years old and can’t hear properly. We are asking the mother”.

“Initial probe has revealed that Rajesh was under heavy debt and he was planning this for a while. Further investigation is on to ascertain the sequence of events last night.”

An FIR under Section 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code was lodged at the Mohan Garden police station.

“After killing his wife and children, Rajesh inflicted a deep injury on his own wrist,” the DCP added.

Before taking the drastic step, Rajesh sent a message to his friends in the early hours of Sunday mentioning his financial woes. His friends alerted his brother after which a PCR call was made at 6 am in the morning, the police said.

“When the police arrived at the spot, three bodies were found. Rajesh was found injured and has been admitted at the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. Initial investigation revealed that he sent a message in a WhatsApp group of school friends where he mentioned his financial difficulties. His friends alerted his brother. The door was locked from inside, the police team broke in and found the bodies,” the DCP said.

Police said that Rajesh runs a general store in the area and had earlier run a company that did work related to ISO certification (seal of approval from a third party that a company has requirements for standardisation and quality assurance).

(Edited by Tony Rai)