Man kills wife and three children

Ghaziabad: A 35-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and three children including two daughters in Nyay Khand 2 in Indirapuram area of Ghaziabad on intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Police are yet to trace the accused who left his home informing his family members by putting up a video on family's AhatsApp group of which he told the members that he killed the all of him family and he is going to commit suicide now.

According to police, the deceased have been identified as accused's wife Ashu Balla (32), two daughters- Parmesh (6) and Akriti (8) and only son Aarav (4). "The family lived at a rented accommodation in a builder flat for the last two years," police said.

Shlok Kumar, SP City of Ghaziabad told Millennium Post that the accused has been identified as Sumit Kumar, who works as a software engineer. "Two months ago, he resigned his job in Bangalore and after that he had no job while his wife works as a private teacher in Ghaziabad. The reason behind this killing is not clear yet, but the initial investigation revealed that the accused was under depression due to financial crunch and no job can also be a reason," Kumar added.

"The accused himself posted a video on the family WhatsApp group in which he confessed to have killed his family and he also told the family members that he is going to kill himself as well," Kumar added.

Sandeep Kumar Singh, Station House Officer of Indirapuram police station, said that the incident occurred around 3 am and he posted his video on family group around 6pm on Sunday. After posting the video, the accused called his brother-in-law and informed about the incident. Around 6.15 pm, police received a call from the Ashu's brother and he informed the police about the incident. When police team reached the accused's house, police found all dead body on the bedroom floor," Singh said.

Three police team have been formed by SP City to trace the accused live or dead, as soon as possible.