Overview
- The killings occurred late Wednesday around 11 pm inside a home in Gariapali/Gariyapali village under Kundheigola police limits in Deogarh district.
- Police identified the suspect as Ramesh, reported in some accounts as Ramesh Garia, who fled the scene and remains at large.
- Victims were the suspect’s wife Gul, daughter-in-law Lipi Mahakul, and young granddaughter Ishani, who were bludgeoned with a hammer or heavy object.
- The crime was discovered when the suspect’s son, Dhiren Garia, returned home and alerted Kundheigola police.
- A case has been registered, the bodies were sent for postmortem, a forensic team is slated to examine the scene, and investigators are questioning neighbours.