Woman, teenage son stabbed to death at Delhi home; Rs 10 lakh, valuables missing
The incident took place in Govindpuri, Kalkaji. Police said the husband returned home from work and found the bodies
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, police said, adding that CCTV footage from nearby areas are also being examined. (PTI) A 40-year-old woman and her teenage son were stabbed to death in Southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri on Wednesday night, police said, adding that the bodies were found inside their house in Gali No. 10.
Cash worth over Rs 10 lakh and jewellery are said to be missing from the house, officers said.
According to the Delhi Police, a PCR call regarding the incident was received at Govindpuri police station around 1.11 am on Thursday after which a team rushed to the spot. The deceased were identified as Sharda Sahu (38) and her son Kushal (14).
Officers said Sharda had 11 stab wounds, while the boy had seven.
‘No sign of forced entry’
Police also said that there were no signs of forced entry to the house.
Around 9 pm on Wednesday, a milkman had come and knocked on the door of the house, but no one responded, an officer said. “The milkman then alerted Sharda’s husband Vishnu over the phone. However, call records show that Vishnu did not make any call to check on his wife and son.”
Police said that Vishnu, a fruit and vegetable vendor, returned home around 12.30 am on Thursday to find the front door “latched from outside”. He said he discovered the bodies with multiple stab wounds after entering the house.
“Vishnu said he had taken money from micro-financiers and kept at home,” an officer said, explaining the presence of cash at the house. Another officer, however, said that cash worth Rs 2 lakh and more valuables were found inside the house that “were left untouched”.
Meanwhile, on Thursday, in front of the ground-floor flat where the deceased lived sat relatives under a white cloth put up like a shade from the porch of the house, hinged on poles.
Couple adopted teen
Sharda’s sister-in-law Manju (39), who is said to be the biological mother of Kushal, claimed Sharda and Vishnu adopted the boy when he was 11-day-old. “They did not have a child even after decades of their marriage. I had two sons. I let them adopt Kushal,” said Manju, sobbing.
Manju is married to Dinesh, the elder brother of Vishnu. She said she got to know about the incident around 1 am when her husband got a call from Vishnu.
“My son had a word with Kushal merely a few hours back. Kushal asked him to come to meet him that night. Addressing me on the call, Kushal said, ‘Chachi, aane do na (Aunty, let him come)’,” Manju recalled. She added that she could not meet Kushal frequently, but checked on him. “He loved video games and drawing.”
Dev, the husband of Sharda’s sister Geeta, said: “Around 1 am, my wife started screaming. ‘Meri behen ko maar diya (My sister has been killed)’. The family had been living here since the past 16 years. They never had picked up a fight with anyone in the neighbourhood,” said Dev.
A case under BNS sections 103 and 309(6) has been registered in connection with the case, police said.
Vishnu and the ones he took money from are currently being questioned.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, police said, adding that CCTV footage from nearby areas are also being examined.
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