MEERUT: A family of five – a man who worked as a mason, his wife and three daughters aged 8, 4 and 1 – were wiped out in a chilling mass murder at a rented house in a congested neighbourhood in UP’s Meerut.
Police said Moin, 40, was found dead tied to a cot and the bodies of his wife Asma, 36, and daughters Afsa, Aziza and Adiba were stuffed in a bed box in a locked house at Sohail Garden in Lisadi Gate on Thursday. All five were attacked with heavy objects, police added. The woman’s brother said there could be “property dispute and involvement of stepbrothers”.
What has surprised police the most is the site of the murders – one of Meerut’s most crowded areas, with houses built closely together. Neighbours reportedly did not sense anything unusual, hear any commotion or screams for help.
SSP (Meerut) Vipin Tada said, “It is possible the bodies were packed with clothes and sacks with an intention to transport them to some other area to be dumped. Otherwise, there is no reason why a killer would take the pain of wrapping or concealing the bodies. Even the electricity in the house was disconnected. The victims were seen alive on Wednesday morning.”
The killings came to light on Thursday evening after relatives were unable to contact them, forcing the neighbours to break into the ransacked house. A murder case has been registered against three persons. Police said they have detained two, while one is absconding. The postmortem report is also awaited.
