CHENNAI: Three members of a family were found dead in Sowcarpet in Chennai Wednesday night with gunshot wounds to the body. Police suspected that the trio were shot and killed by relatives due to a dispute.
The deceased have been identified as Dali Chand, 74, his wife Pushpa Bai, 70, and their son Sheetal, 42. They come from Jawal Rajasthan.
Dali Chand ran a finance company in the city, police said. The family stayed on the first floor of a three-story residential apartment on Vinayaga Maestri Street in Sowcarpet.
the murders It came to light after Dali Chand’s daughter Pinki, who lives with her family in the neighborhood, telephoned her father. As there was no response, Pinki ran to her parents’ house and found the trio dead inside their room.
It gave an alarm. Upon being alerted by neighbors, a team from the Elephant Gate Police Station rushed to the scene.
An investigating officer said Dali Chand had a gunshot wound to his chin, while Pushpa Bai suffered a wound to his forehead. Sheetal had a gunshot wound to the top of his head. All the wounds have confirmed that they died point blank.
Regarding the information, the City Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal, the Chennai North Additional Police Commissioner A Arun and the Deputy Police Commissioner V Balakrishnan and officers visited the crime scene.
A team of fingerprint experts and forensic experts was summoned to the scene. A sniffer dog was put into service to track the assailants.
The corpses were sent to the Government General Hospital for autopsy. More research is underway.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Sheetal married Jayamala, a native of Pune, and the couple have two daughters aged 13 and 11. As Sheetal reacted strangely and often became hyperactive, Jayamala separated from him and went home. of his parents with his two daughters. They also filed a divorce case in a family court in Chennai. Meanwhile, members of Jayamala’s family demanded an agreement from Sheetal’s family.
Jayamala’s brothers, Vikas and Kailash, frequently visited Dali Chand’s home and demanded money. Some of the neighbors told investigating officers that they had seen Vikas and Kailash recently. The duo had gotten into an argument with Chand’s family.
The police were suspicious of Vikash and Kailash’s role in the triple murder. The police have formed special teams to track down the attackers with the help of CCTV footage of nearby residences and shops.
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