Mumbai: Husband Slits Wife’s Throat, Locks Kids With Dead Body, Commits Suicide by Jumping on Railway Tracks
Reports inform that after the 31-year-old man killed his wife, he locked his two daughters, aged one and two years in their chawl in Uran area of Navi Mumbai. The man then committed suicide by jumping in front of train tracks located 1.5 km away. The police has registered a case of murder against the man.
Mumbai, August 23: In a shocking incident, a man in Mumbai allegedly murdered his wife by slitting her throat and left his two toddlers with the dead body. Reports inform that after the 31-year-old man killed his wife, he locked his two daughters, aged one and two years in their chawl in Uran area of Navi Mumbai on Tuesday. The man then committed suicide by jumping in front of railway tracks located 1.5 km away from his house. The police has registered a case of murder against the man. Nalasopara: Man Stabbed to Death by Wife For Refusing to Have Third Child.
According to a report by Hindustan Times, Police said that the daughters spent almost 24 hours in the house without food and water. As soon as the incident was reported, the police officials broke open the door on Wednesday evening. As per investigation, the man identified as Raju Kumar Rai worked as a supervisor at a company dealing in infrastructure goods. The house in which the family lived was provided by his company in a chawl at Jasai. Mumbai Shocker: Mentally Challenged Woman Gangraped in Saki Naka, 4 Arrested.
Police said that as per initial investigations, it appears that Rai killed his wife by slashing her throat, then locked the daughters with the body and then ended his life. Police found the man’s body on the railway tracks of Panvel-JNPT goods trains on Tuesday night and registered an accidental death case.
The two daughters spent almost 24 hours next to the body without any food and water. Police informed that the reason behind the murder and suicide is still not known. An investigation has been initiated into the matter and scanning of CCTV footage installed outside the chawl will be accessed. Police is awaiting the post mortem reports. The HT report states that the couple was from Bihar. The daughters are in a children’s home at Kopar Khairane and will be handed over to the family members once they reach the city.
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