NEW DELHI: A 38-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and two sons, one of them an infant, and then tried to end his own life in Dwarka on Sunday.The baby had completed three months on Saturday. Police said the accused, Rajesh Kumar, was reeling under a financial crisis. The family lived in a rented ground-floor flat in Block A of Kashmiri Gali, Vipin Garden, where he owned a general store in Som Bazar. Earlier, he used to run a company that was engaged in ISO certification-related work.Police said they received a call from Kumar’s brother, who lived nearby, at 6 am. He informed the cops that Kumar’s flat was locked from inside and no one was responding to the doorbell. “A team from the local police station was sent to the spot. They broke open the lock to enter the flat,” an officer said.Kumar’s mother (75), who had fallen while trying to open the door, was lying on the floor. The cops found the bodies in the bedroom in a pool of blood. A knife was lying nearby. “Kumar, his wife, Sunita, and their two sons were rushed to hospital. While Kumar is critical, the other three were declared dead,” the officer said.Deputy commissioner of police (Dwarka) M Harsha Vardhan said Kumar stabbed his wife and then his children multiple times on the neck and other parts. “He then inflicted a deep injury on his wrist with the knife,” he said. Investigation revealed that Kumar sent a WhatsApp message to his school friends’ group between 4 am and 4.30 am on Sunday.In the WhatsApp message, Kumar mentioned that he had suffered a huge financial loss. “He claimed that his ISO certification business was affected after the Covid lockdown as his employees betrayed him and took all his customers from him. He also alleged that several people defrauded him of different amounts on the pretext of getting him a loan.” The message was equivalent to nearly six pages, the officer said.Alarmed, one of WhatsApp group members immediately contacted Kumar’s brother. He rushed to Kumar’s house. “His parents, both 75 years old, were sleeping in another room. His mother tried to open the door, but fell,” the officer said.Asked if the parents heard any noise from their son’s bedroom, police said Kumar’s father was hard of hearing. His mother was still traumatised and unable to talk, they said. The inquiry revealed that the family was awake till 1am on Sunday. Cops suspect that Kumar might have killed his wife and children between 3am and 5am. A case under 302 (murder) of IPC was registered at Mohan Garden police station.Police are probing whether the knife was purchased online. Hours before the murder, Kumar’s brother-in-law, Akhilesh, said his younger sister had spoken to Sunita on a video call about Holi plans. He said Sunita looked perfectly normal and happy. “There was a festive mood in the family after the birth of another child. Rajesh never told me about his financial woes,” he said.In the morning, Akhilesh got a call from a friend that Kumar had killed his wife and kids. “I called his elder brother, who told me come to the house. I reached there and saw bodies in the bedroom.” He said there were gloves and a knife on the spot and blood was splattered all over the room.Kumar was a native of Bihar and was living in the rented accommodation for several years. Residents of Kashmiri Gali were in shock after the incident. “He used to greet us and I never saw him tensed,” said Mukesh Rajput, a resident.
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