Apr 29, 2025 08:12 AM IST
A retired officer of Meals Company of India (FCI) was discovered murdered in his home in Prayagraj on Monday night
A retired officer of Meals Company of India (FCI) was discovered murdered in his home in Prayagraj on Monday night. The attackers additionally stabbed his spouse a number of instances who later succumbed at a non-public hospital.
Cops and locals collect close to the crime spot in Prayagraj. (HT Photograph)
After committing the crime, the attackers locked the rooms through which that they had stabbed the victims, and in addition the primary gate of the home and fled.
The deceased have been recognized as retired FCI officer Arun Srivastava (65) and his spouse Meena Srivastava who lived in a multi-storeyed home in ADA Colony.
The police reached the spot after being knowledgeable by the neighbours, and broke open the lock of the primary gate to enter the home. Later, the locks of each the rooms have been additionally damaged. The husband and spouse have been mendacity soaked in blood in two separate rooms. It’s alleged that whereas the officer had died, his spouse was nonetheless alive when the cops reached the spot. The home was ransacked and the cabinet of the bed room was left open.
As per experiences, the deceased couple had three daughters and a son. All three daughters are married whereas the son Manish works in a financial institution in Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh.
The deceased lived on the primary ground of the home whereas his tenant Sunil, who studied in tenth normal, lived on hire on the third ground of the home.
Sunil had met his landlord at round 3pm on Monday after which he went to his room. When he got here out of his room at 5 pm, he noticed that the primary gate was locked from exterior. He then discovered two rooms of the home locked from exterior.
On suspicion, Sunil referred to as in neighbours to get the primary gate opened from exterior. The neighbours in flip knowledgeable the police about it. On arrival the police broke the lock on most important gate in addition to that of two rooms and located that Arun had died whereas his spouse Meena was alive. She was taken to a non-public hospital the place she succumbed.
In the meantime, the police have detained a labourer who was engaged on the third ground of home on the time of the incident and questioning him about who else had come inside the home all by way of the day.
DCP (Trans Yamuna) Vivek stated that CCTV footage had been discovered whereby a suspect was seen. He stated that at the moment it was troublesome to say something concerning the motive behind the homicide.
