The Naharlagun police arrested one person who allegedly killed his wife, and then registered a false complaint regarding the incident by himself playing the victim.
Officials said that the 38-year-old man identified as Rajesh, allegedly killed his wife (aged 35 years) and two sons (aged 5 years and 4 months) due to the family's financial crisis.
The sheer brutality of the crime has drawn parallels with the infamous 'Tandoor Kand' of July 1995 in which a Youth Congress leader killed his wife over an alleged love affair and shoved her body parts into a tandoor (clay oven) on the roof of an eatery run by his friend.
Maharashtra [India], August 23, (ANI): The Vasai Railway Police has confirmed registering a case against the man who killed his wife and is now absconding with two of his children.
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a man for killing his wife after beating her up at PS Fatehpur Beri area in Delhi. He later slept with the body the whole night under the influence of alcohol.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 28 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, a man allegedly killed his wife and two children by slashing their necks with a power saw and then took his own life using the same tool, police said here on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Delhi Police arrested a 40-year-old man, who allegedly killed his wife and son for unknown reasons in Delhi's Geeta Colony, police said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], April 16 (ANI): A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and son for unknown reasons in Delhi's Geeta Colony, police said on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): A man who allegedly stabbed his wife to death surrendered before the Police in Delhi's Govindpuri early Thursday morning, the police said.
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 4 (ANI): A doctor has allegedly killed his wife, son and daughter in their home in the Kalyanpur area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Friday evening.
Kollam (Kerala) [India], October 13 (ANI): Uthra murder case accused, who killed his wife using a Cobra, has been granted life imprisonment by the Kollam additional sessions court on Wednesday.