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Suspect Arrested in Delhi as Court Rejects Transit Remand in Surat Triple-Suicide Case

A suicide note alleging credit-card fraud now guides a probe focused on financial audits, with police pursuing possible accomplices.

Overview

  • Surat police arrested Vaibhav Rungta in Delhi after technical surveillance and registered a case of abetment to suicide.
  • A Delhi court refused transit remand and directed the accused to appear before the Surat court.
  • Three members of the Khetan family died after allegedly ingesting poison at their Surat home, while a seven-year-old child survived.
  • A three-page note recovered by police accuses the arrested associate of harassment and misuse of the deceased man's credit cards.
  • Investigators are auditing bank and card records and examining reports that aluminium phosphide was used, with survivor testimony indicating the children were poisoned first.