PATNA: In the early hours of Wednesday in the Bihar district of Khagaria, a 40-year-old man is accused of killing his wife and three daughters before hanging himself from a tree.
Around 1:30 in the morning, the event happened in the district’s Ekania hamlet, which is under the Mansi police station. When his wife Pooja Devi (32) was asleep, Munna Yadav used a sharp-edged object to slit her throat. Over Pooja’s insistence on turning himself in for the murder charge brought against him in October 2022, the pair got into an argument.
Later, Munna used the same weapon to murder his three daughters, Suman Kumari (18), Aanchal Kumari (16), and Roshani Kumari (15). The daughters were dozing off on the building’s rooftop. Additionally, he made an unsuccessful attempt to kill his two boys, Ankit Kumar (12) and Aditya Kumar (10), both of whom were able to flee. Later, Munna killed himself by hanging himself from a tree. The victims’ remains were found early on Wednesday and taken to Khagaria Sadar Hospital for an autopsy. The criminal’s weapon was removed from the scene by the police.
The sons of the deceased told the police that they left the house when they saw their father holding a sharp object. He used the same weapon to strike my sisters one at a time. The two sons claimed, “We concealed ourselves in another room and preserved our lives. After receiving information, the superintendent of police for Khagaria hurried to the scene to find out more about the occurrence. The fifth family member committed suicide after being killed together with the other four. He continued, “More inquiry is being done
The investigating authorities were informed by the locals that Munna was arrested in the murder case in October of last year. He has been avoiding capture ever since. Despite pressure from his wife to appear in court, Munna refused, according to a neighbour. According to Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Sumit Kumar of Khagaria Sadar, a forensic team from Bhagalpur has been requested to gather scientific evidence at the scene of the incident.
The cops were informed by Ankit and Aditya that their father had arrived at the residence on Tuesday night. “Since he is evading arrest in the murder case, my mother asked him to surrender in court, which led to an altercation,” they disclosed. In connection with the murder case in which Munna was avoiding arrest, Bimal Yadav, Munna’s older brother, is currently being held in Khagaria Divisional Jail.
