Ahmedabad: A man allegedly killed his wife and six-year-old daughter over marriage disputes and affair in the city of Vadodara Gujarat, police said on Wednesday.
The police on Wednesday arrested Tejas Patel for allegedly killing his wife Shobhna (36) and Kavya’s daughter at their residence in the same area on October 10, said Deputy Commissioner Lakhdhirsinh Zala.
In the early hours of October 11, Patel lived with his in-laws in the same time, told his brother-in-law that Shobhna and Kavya lay unresponsive for several unknown reasons, said the official.
Patel and other family members rushed the mother and daughter to the nearest hospital, but both were declared dead by the doctor on duty, he said.
“During the post-mortem, a sign of injury was found on the neck of a woman and the doctor also found the presence of toxic substances in the stomach of the victims.
Our team then looked for Patel’s residence and found a mouse killer from the terrace from the terrace.
The floor house,” said Zala.
During a three-day inquiry, the police knew that Patel recently looked for “Ramil Killer poison”, “How to kill using poison”, “how to give death” and “how to kill using a pillow” on the internet, he said.
“After intense questions, Patel admitted that he had mixed rat poisons in food on October 10 nights to kill his wife and daughter.
When he realized that the two were still alive, he strangled his wife and then strangled his daughter with a pillow,” the official said.
The preliminary probe has revealed that Patel killed his wife and daughter because of marriage disputes, he said.
“Defensively claimed that his wife did not behave well with his parents and also forced him to live in his father’s place.
We have also learned that the victim fought his husband after discovering that he had one side affair with the office.
Colleagues, who might lead to Murder, “said the official.