A jobless man who escaped from Ghaziabad after poisoning and stabbing to death his wife and their three children citing economic deprivation has been held in Karnataka, police said on Wednesday.
Superintendent of Police Shlok Kumar said that Sumit Kumar's arrest was made in Udupi.
On Sunday, Sumit Kumar, a resident of Indirapuram, killed his wife Asnhu Bala (32), son Permesh (5) and twin children Akriti (4) and Aru (4) by giving them sleeping pills in liquid and then stabbed them with a knife.
Before fleeing, he told his brother-in-law that he had killed his wife and children and was going to kill himself and left for an unknown destination
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