Greater Noida: Four members of a family were allegedly attacked by their own relatives over a personal dispute late on Monday night in Surajpur’s Sakipur area.
Police said that Satpal and his son attacked the former’s elder brother Mahendra (48) and his wife, and the couple’s two children with a spade-like weapon.Mahendra succumbed to his injuries on the way to GIMS hospital, while his wife Seema remains in a critical condition.
Their daughter Neha and son Tanishq too have suffered injuries, but are said to be out of danger.Police said the dispute revolves around Satpal’s son Shekhar’s estranged relationship with his wife.
“Shekhar’s wife wanted a divorce.
On Monday, a panchayat was held between both the families and Shekhar’s parents-in-law demanded that he give them Rs 60,000 in exchange for the belongings given in dowry,” Surajpur SHO Ajay Kumar told TOI.“Mahendra had sided with the family of Shekhar’s estranged wife, which did not go down well with the accused father-son duo,” the SHO added.The father-son duo has been booked under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder).
DCP (central Noida) Harish Chander said that it has come to fore that the father-son duo was previously booked for an attempt to commit culpable homicide and had come out on interim bail due to the release of prisoners in the wake of Covid.