Over a week after a 32-year-old man allegedly hung his three children by a pole at a cattle shed outside his residence at Nekpur village in Faridabad, and then died by suicide, two persons, including his sister-in-law, were arrested on Friday on charges of abetment to suicide and extortion. Police had identified the deceased as Karmaveer and his two daughters, aged 6 and 12. His 8-year-old son, who was found alive, is in a hospital. A team from Sector 48 Crime Branch arrested Karmaveer's sister-in-law — whom the police have not named — from Faridabad and a man, Manjeet, from Mahendragarh. While the sister-in-law was sent to judicial custody by a court on Saturday, Manjeet was remanded to two-day police custody for further questioning. "Investigation has revealed that on September 26-27, Karmaveer had a dispute with his wife and in-laws, who allegedly attempted to extort money from him by threatening to get a false molestation case lodged against him," an official said. Karmaveer’s wife, Chanchal, was allegedly not at home when he and the children died. “She had left home a week ago to stay with her sister’s husband following marital disputes spanning over a year,” an officer had said. In a purported video Karmaveer shared on WhatsApp with his friends minutes before he allegedly killed the children, he is seen accusing Chanchal, her mother, sister and aunt, of subjecting him to mental harassment, extortion, and attempting to involve him in illicit activities. “An FIR has been registered against Chanchal, her mother, sister, aunt, and three other in-laws for abetment to suicide and extortion, based on a complaint filed by Karmaveer’s uncle,” an officer had said. The case was later transferred to the Crime Branch.
