Bhajanpura murders: Kin 'played' with kids, killed them one by one, say Delhi cops

NEW DELHI: The sensational murder of the five members of a family in Bhajanpura has been cracked. The crime was committed by a 26-year-old relative, Prabhu Nath, who had borrowed Rs 30,000 from the house owner Shambhu Chaudhary. Nath was arrested from north-east Delhi on Thursday after he confessed to have eliminated Chaudhary and his family members with an iron rod.
While bodies of Chaudhary (43) and his wife Sunita (37) were found lying in their bedroom on Wednesday, the children, Shivam (17), Sachin (14) and Komal (12) were found dead in another room.
A police officer said that on February 3, Nath went to Chaudhary’s house and committed the crime. He was seen leaving the colony after the incident in a CCTV footage that helped the cops crack the case.
Alok Kumar, joint commissioner of police, eastern range, said: “ The case was cracked within 24 hours. The accused, Nath, belongs to Supaul in Bihar. He was working at an institute in Laxmi Nagar and also as a collection agent for some money lenders.”
Investigating officials revealed that Nath had borrowed the money from Chaudhary about six months back. Since it was the accused who made Chaudhary invest in “committees,” police are also probing if he secretly withdrew his money to spend.
Earlier, the cops found that the children had not attended their school after February 3. Chaudhary had spoken to Nath seven times on February 3, which brought the latter’s role under the scanner. With the help of his number, Nath was nabbed near his house.
Explaining the sequence of events, Ved Prakash Surya, deputy commissioner of police, Northeast, said: “When Nath reached Chaudhary’s residence, Sunita was alone. The accused had a heated argument with her, who taunted him for not paying their money back. Nath claims that he murdered her in a fit of rage with an iron rod he was carrying.”
Before he could flee, Komal, who had gone for her tuition class, returned home. Nath then allegedly hit her with the same weapon. Since it was post- school hours, it was time for Shivam and Sachin to return home. First Shivam entered the house and was killed in the same manner as his sister and later Sachin. The kids were blindfolded before the murder on the pretext of playing a game. The accused then locked the house from outside and fled.
Nath later called up Chaudhary and asked the latter to meet him around 7.30 pm near his house. “The two then went to a village area where they drank together. They both returned together. Around 11pm, when Chaudhary was entering his house, Nath attacked him and later shifted his body to a room,” said Surya.
In the CCTV footage recovered, Nath could be seen going towards the deceased’s house around 3.30 pm. He had left the place around 7pm to meet Chaudhary.