AHMEDABAD: A man allegedly killed his wife and six-year-old daughter in Gujarat’s Gujarat over marital discord and their one-sided love affair. Vadodara City, police said on Wednesday.
Police arrested on Wednesday Texas Patel On October 10, the Deputy Commissioner of Police arrested his wife Shobhana (36) and daughter Kavya for allegedly killing her at their residence in Sama area. Lakhdhir Singh Jala said.
Patel, who lived with his in-laws in Sama in the early hours of October 11, informed his brother-in-law that Shobhana and Kavya were unresponsive due to some unknown reason, the official said.
Patel and other family members took the mother and daughter to a nearby hospital, but doctors on duty declared both of them brought dead, he said.
“During the postmortem, injury marks were found on the woman’s neck and doctors also found the presence of a toxic substance in the stomach of the victims. Our team searched Patel’s residence and the multi-storey house,” Zala said.
During a three-day long investigation, the police found that Patel had recently posted “rat killer poison”, “how to kill using venom”, “how to kill using venom” and “how to kill using pillows” on the internet. was discovered. he said.
“After a thorough interrogation, Patel admitted that he had mixed rat poison in the food on the night of 10 October to kill his wife and daughter. When he learned that both were still alive, he took his own hands. He strangled his wife and then strangled her daughter with a pillow,” said the officer.
He said preliminary investigation revealed that Patel had killed his wife and daughter due to marital discord.
“The accused claimed that his wife was not treating his parents properly and also forced him to stay at her father’s place. We have also come to know that the victim fought with her husband. After coming to know that he has a one-sided relationship with an office colleague, which may have led to the murders,” the official said.
Police arrested on Wednesday Texas Patel On October 10, the Deputy Commissioner of Police arrested his wife Shobhana (36) and daughter Kavya for allegedly killing her at their residence in Sama area. Lakhdhir Singh Jala said.
Patel, who lived with his in-laws in Sama in the early hours of October 11, informed his brother-in-law that Shobhana and Kavya were unresponsive due to some unknown reason, the official said.
Patel and other family members took the mother and daughter to a nearby hospital, but doctors on duty declared both of them brought dead, he said.
“During the postmortem, injury marks were found on the woman’s neck and doctors also found the presence of a toxic substance in the stomach of the victims. Our team searched Patel’s residence and the multi-storey house,” Zala said.
During a three-day long investigation, the police found that Patel had recently posted “rat killer poison”, “how to kill using venom”, “how to kill using venom” and “how to kill using pillows” on the internet. was discovered. he said.
“After a thorough interrogation, Patel admitted that he had mixed rat poison in the food on the night of 10 October to kill his wife and daughter. When he learned that both were still alive, he took his own hands. He strangled his wife and then strangled her daughter with a pillow,” said the officer.
He said preliminary investigation revealed that Patel had killed his wife and daughter due to marital discord.
“The accused claimed that his wife was not treating his parents properly and also forced him to stay at her father’s place. We have also come to know that the victim fought with her husband. After coming to know that he has a one-sided relationship with an office colleague, which may have led to the murders,” the official said.
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