UDAIPUR: In a gruesome incident, a 40-year-old man strangled his four sons, aged between two and eight years, to death using a wire and later committed suicide by hanging from a tree in Kushalgarh block of Banswara district on late Tuesday night.
The incident came to light on Wednesday morning after someone noticed the hanging body and informed the police. When the cops went to the man’s home, they were shocked to see the bodies of four young children on the ground. The bodies have been shifted to the hospital as the police are waiting for the deceased’s wife, who is said to be working in Gujarat, to arrive. An FSL team collected samples from the crime spot.
The shocking incident took place at Dunglapani village of Kushalgarh area.
The deceased, identified as Babulal (40), was an alcoholic and frequently quarrelled with his wife. Recently, the couple had a big fight and Babulal drove his wife away from the house. The woman lived with her parents for a few days and later went to Gujarat for work.
Babulal was living with his four sons Ganesh (2), Vikram (4), Mangilal (6) and Rakesh (8), who were strangled to death. Police said it appears that the kids were strangled using some wire.
The village sarpanch Parsingh told the police that the financial condition of the family was very poor as Babulal didn’t have much work and spent all the money he earned on alcohol. The villagers said that he was the only son of his parents.
However, after the death of his father some years back, he started misbehaving and even thrashed his mother. His mother too left him because of his addiction and abusive behaviour.