NEW DELHI: Angered by his father not giving him money to make up for a Rs 7-lakh loss in the stock market, a 34-year-old man stabbed his parents and then bludgeoned them with a hammer before dressing the scene to make it look like a robbery. While the father died, the mother is in hospital in critical condition. The incident took place in west Delhi’s Fateh Nagar area early on Friday morning, and police said prima facie it appeared a planned murder. Police said Swarnjeet Singh, 65, a tent-house business owner, and his wife, Ajinder Kaur, 60, were allegedly attacked by their son, Jasdeep, 34. Ghanshyam Bansal, DCP (West) said, “The father was declared brought dead, while his wife was shifted to Ganga Ram Hospital in a critical condition. The son has been arrested. Jasdeep had lost more than Rs 7 lakh in the share market and had been demanding money from his parents. On being rebuffed, he attacked them around 2am on Friday.” Swarnjeet and his wife lived on the ground floor, while the first floor was occupied by Jasdeep and his family. The tent-house business owner also has two married daughters, who live elsewhere. According to neighbours, Swarnjeet constantly told Jasdeep to focus on the tent-house business rather than the stock market. Instead, the son regularly demanded money from his father to make up for his speculation losses. An investigator said, “The son planned the murder well in advance. Before alerting others around 6am on Friday, he moved things around to make it look like robbers had attacked his parents. He, however, did not realise that his mother was still alive.” Police said Jasdeep killed them using a knife and a hammer, both of which he threw in a local park. “We are examining whether Jasdeep’s wife was aware about the murder plan. The post-mortem report will tell us if the son had mixed sedatives in his parents’ food before killing them,” the investigating officer said.
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