RAIPUR: The son, daughter-in-law and five-year-old granddaughter of former deputy CM of undivided Madhya Pradesh, Pyarelal Kanwar, were murdered in their home in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district in the early hours of Wednesday. The bodies of Harish Kanwar, his wife Sumitra and little Aashi were found with their throats slit and cuts on their bodies. The savagery of the attack indicated that someone close was involved. Police arrested Harish’s elder brother Harbhajan, his wife, brother-in-law and two aides. Killer may have also been hurt, says Korba SP. The knives used in the killings were recovered from a pond, and the bloodstained clothes of the accused, which they had tried to burn, have also been seized, say cops.
RAIPUR: The son, daughter-in-law and five-year-old granddaughter of former deputy CM of undivided Madhya Pradesh, Pyarelal Kanwar, were murdered in their home in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district in the early hours of Wednesday. The bodies of Harish Kanwar, his wife Sumitra and little Aashi were found with their throats slit and cuts on their bodies. The savagery of the attack indicated that someone close was involved. Police arrested Harish’s elder brother Harbhajan, his wife, brother-in-law and two aides. Killer may have also been hurt, says Korba SP. The knives used in the killings were recovered from a pond, and the bloodstained clothes of the accused, which they had tried to burn, have also been seized, say cops.
Pyarelal Kanwar was deputy CM in the Digvijaya Singh government from 1993 to 1998. He died in 2011, and his family lives in Korba. Harish, who was the more politically influential member of the family, controlled financial and other key decisions, which often led to friction among his kin, say police. Korba SP Abhishek Meena said it was evident from the brutality of murder that the killer was either drunk or someone carrying a deep rage against the family. Signs of struggle indicated that the killers might have also got hurt.
“CCTV footage showed Harish’s elder brother Harbhajan, his wife and two daughters going out for a walk at 4.15am. Within 3-4 minutes, two unidentified persons are seen entering the house with their faces covered. The attackers killed the three persons but didn’t hurt their (Harish and Harbhajan’s) mother who tried to intervene, pushed her aside. It was evident that the conspiracy was hatched by someone close,” he said.
Police learned that Harbhajan’s brother-in-law Parmeshwar was admitted to hospital the same morning with injuries. “He said he was injured in an accident. His cellphone was registered in his minor niece’s name and messages were exchanged during the morning hours, one of which said, ‘Gate khula hai’,” Meena said. Police said Parmeshwar and an aide Ramprasad were waiting near the house since 2am. At 4am, after the message, they went in, murdered the three and fled. Within hours, police began rounding up Harbhajan, his wife, Parmeshwar, Ramprasad and a minor.
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