Meerut murders: Duo detained, another suspect on the run
Meerut (UP), Jan 10: Five members of a family were found killed in their home, the bodies of the parents wrapped in sheets and their three children, the youngest one-year-old, stuffed in sacks and kept in a bed box, police said on Friday.
Two persons were detained for the grisly murders that shocked this Uttar Pradesh town. Several suspects have also been taken into custody for the killing that came to light on Thursday night. The bodies of the parents were wrapped in bedsheets. And all five had deep head injuries and slash marks on their necks.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vipin Tada said, “Based on a complaint filed by the relatives of the deceased woman, a case has been registered against three named accused and some unidentified persons. Two named suspects and several others have been taken into custody for questioning.”
Police said the bodies of the husband and wife were found wrapped in bedsheets, while those of their three children were stuffed in the storage compartment of a bed at the family’s home in the densely populated Suhail Garden neighbourhood in the Lisari Gate police station area.
Tada added that one named suspect is absconding, and police teams have been deployed to arrest him. “All pieces of evidence are being gathered, and the case will be solved soon,” he said.
The deceased were identified as Moin alias Moinuddin (52), his wife Asma (45), and their daughters Afsah (8), Aziza (4), and Adeeba (1).
According to police, Asma’s brother, Shamim, had arrived and lodged a formal complaint late at night. He accused Asma’s younger sister-in-law, Nazrana, and her two brothers of involvement in the suspected murders.
The SSP, who visited the crime scene Thursday night along with other senior officers, said the family’s house was locked from outside when locals and neighbours checked it in the evening.
“After gaining access through the roof, they found the bodies. The manner in which the house was locked suggests that the individual involved in the crime may have been someone known to the family,” Tada said.
The SSP said the preliminary investigations point towards an old enmity as the possible motive behind the incident.
The SSP further said the legs of one of the deceased were found tied with a bedsheet.
Family’s neighbour Imran Saifi told reporters the murders were committed in a very gruesome manner. He said the neighbourhood learnt about the incident when the deceased woman’s brother arrived looking for her and found the family.
“The entire family had recently moved to the Suhail Garden area and was living in a rented house. They were building a house of their own not far from there,” Saifi said.
Speaking about the family, Saifi said they were “decent” people.
“They didn’t have any issue with anyone, and they led a regular routine of going to work and coming back.” (PTI)
