MEERUT: A family of five (a man working as a bricklayer, his wife and three daughters aged 8, 4 and 1) were wiped out in a chilling mass murder in a rented house in a congested neighborhood in Meerut, UP.
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 into a bed box in a locked house in Sohail Garden at Lisadi Gate on Thursday. The five were attacked with heavy objects, the police added. The woman’s brother said there could be “property dispute and step-sibling involvement.”
What surprised the police most is the location of the murders: one of the most populated areas of Meerut, with houses built close together. Neighbors reportedly felt nothing unusual, nor did they hear commotion or cries for help.
SSP (Meerut) Vipin Tada said: “It is possible that the bodies were packed with clothes and bags with the intention of transporting them to another area to be dumped. Otherwise, there is no reason why a murderer would bother to wrapping them or hiding the bodies, the electricity was even cut off in the house. The victims were seen alive on Wednesday morning.
The murders came to light on Thursday night after relatives were unable to contact them, forcing neighbors to break into the ransacked home. A case of murder has been registered against three people. Police said they detained two, while one fled. The post-mortem report is also awaited.