Rohtak: It was 10.30 am on 27th August. Like any other day, Abhishek (20) had breakfast with his family including his father, mother and maternal grandmother, while his younger sister, Neha (19) slept in his room over night. at their house RohtakVijay Nagar area.
After breakfast, he slipped into his sister’s room, turned on the television and shot her in the head with a pistol his father kept in the TV drawer, sparking a series of murders.
After shooting at his sister, the 20-year-old, police said, locked her room, went downstairs and invited his grandmother, Roshni Devi (70), to their room on the pretext of playing the guitar for her. As soon as he entered the room, he shot her in the temple. Police said the bullet entered him and hit the opposite wall, killing him instantly.
The 20-year-old then came downstairs and acted as if nothing had happened. Five minutes later, when his mother, Santosh (40), inquired about the Saptarishi, he simply pointed his hand to the second floor. He saw his mother climb the stairs before going to the room where Roshni Devi was lying in a pool of blood. After this, he took out the revolver and opened fire on him too.
After closing the door, Abhishek reportedly came downstairs where Pradeep, his father and a property dealer, were resting on a cot, oblivious to what had happened. According to the police investigation, Abhishek sat next to her with a cushion on his lap, pulled his revolver from under him and fired three bullets at his father in the face.
Police said that Abhishek used his father’s revolver to destroy their family as they allegedly opposed his homosexual relationship and his plans to undergo gender change surgery. A police officer said that two years ago, Abhishek had allegedly come out as homosexual but his parents did not allow it.
After the triple murder on August 27, Abhishek allegedly went with his lover to a motel near Delhi Bypass, from where he dialed the numbers of his parents and then called up his maternal uncle to inform that his parents Not picking up the phone. He was worried. He returned home, called his neighbors and took his sister to PGI, who died two days later.
Abhishek was arrested on September 2, five days after the incident. The police had focused on the 20-year-old as he was changing his statement. “Abhishek stayed with us till the police caught him on Thursday. We were shocked and couldn’t believe he was capable of something like this. His parents loved him dearly and gave him everything he wanted,” said Sandeep, Abhishek’s uncle and neighbor.
Balwant Singh, SHO, Rohtak’s Shivaji police station on Saturday said, “Abhishek is in our custody and we are conducting counseling sessions to understand his psychology. We are also probing the involvement of others including Abhishek’s lover in this crime.
According to the police, Abhishek’s lover had come to Rohtak from Uttarakhand on August 25. The two youths were classmates during an airline cabin crew course and fell in love, following which Abhishek decided to undergo gender change surgery.
After breakfast, he slipped into his sister’s room, turned on the television and shot her in the head with a pistol his father kept in the TV drawer, sparking a series of murders.
After shooting at his sister, the 20-year-old, police said, locked her room, went downstairs and invited his grandmother, Roshni Devi (70), to their room on the pretext of playing the guitar for her. As soon as he entered the room, he shot her in the temple. Police said the bullet entered him and hit the opposite wall, killing him instantly.
The 20-year-old then came downstairs and acted as if nothing had happened. Five minutes later, when his mother, Santosh (40), inquired about the Saptarishi, he simply pointed his hand to the second floor. He saw his mother climb the stairs before going to the room where Roshni Devi was lying in a pool of blood. After this, he took out the revolver and opened fire on him too.
After closing the door, Abhishek reportedly came downstairs where Pradeep, his father and a property dealer, were resting on a cot, oblivious to what had happened. According to the police investigation, Abhishek sat next to her with a cushion on his lap, pulled his revolver from under him and fired three bullets at his father in the face.
Police said that Abhishek used his father’s revolver to destroy their family as they allegedly opposed his homosexual relationship and his plans to undergo gender change surgery. A police officer said that two years ago, Abhishek had allegedly come out as homosexual but his parents did not allow it.
After the triple murder on August 27, Abhishek allegedly went with his lover to a motel near Delhi Bypass, from where he dialed the numbers of his parents and then called up his maternal uncle to inform that his parents Not picking up the phone. He was worried. He returned home, called his neighbors and took his sister to PGI, who died two days later.
Abhishek was arrested on September 2, five days after the incident. The police had focused on the 20-year-old as he was changing his statement. “Abhishek stayed with us till the police caught him on Thursday. We were shocked and couldn’t believe he was capable of something like this. His parents loved him dearly and gave him everything he wanted,” said Sandeep, Abhishek’s uncle and neighbor.
Balwant Singh, SHO, Rohtak’s Shivaji police station on Saturday said, “Abhishek is in our custody and we are conducting counseling sessions to understand his psychology. We are also probing the involvement of others including Abhishek’s lover in this crime.
According to the police, Abhishek’s lover had come to Rohtak from Uttarakhand on August 25. The two youths were classmates during an airline cabin crew course and fell in love, following which Abhishek decided to undergo gender change surgery.
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