Overview
- Four relatives — father Badlu Ram, mother Sanju Devi, sister Parvati and grandmother Shitala — were killed late Sunday night in Ramnagar/Ramgaon, Basantpur Rudal in Bahraich.
- Police say the younger son, Nirankar Verma, used an axe to kill them, injured elder brother Gurudev, and then struck his own head with a brick; he is in custody and being treated at KGMU’s trauma centre in Lucknow.
- An FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was filed at Rupaidiha police station, the bodies were sent for post-mortem, and a forensic team recovered the axe and a blood-stained brick.
- A 10-year-old nephew, Azad, is the key eyewitness and is in police protection, with additional police and PAC personnel deployed in the village as a precaution.
- The accused’s sister, Laxmi, has alleged Gurudev carried out the killings, while police say Nirankar has admitted involvement and they continue to gather evidence and statements.