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Ghaziabad: A shocking incident has emerged from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad where a businessman who suffered losses in the covid pandemic allegedly killed his wife and son with a kitchen knife. The man also slit his throat after killing his wife and son. The incident took place on Thursday in the Kavi Nagar area. Lying in a pool of blood, Amardeep Sharma was still alive when a police team barged into his house in the afternoon. Cops rushed him to a nearby hospital, where his condition was stated to be critical.
Cops, while gathering evidence, found a diary in Sharma’s room. As per the diary, the man closed his departmental store after suffering great losses during the pandemic.
According to ACP (Kavi Nagar) Abhishek Srivastava, police received a distress call from Sharma’s brother in the afternoon and sent a team to the house.
Before taking the extreme step, the businessman had called up his younger brother named Navdeep and told him he was going to die. Navdeep, who lives near to his brother’s home, rushed to the house, broke the door and found his elder brother gasping for breath. He then called the police
“There was blood all around. Amardeep Sharma lay on the floor of the drawing room. His wife and 11-year-old son were in their bedroom,” Srivastava added.Police said Sharma would have slit the throats of his wife Vinayaka and son Sonu while they were asleep. “We have found a kitchen knife in the room. The autopsy report would ascertain the exact time of their deaths,” the ACP said.
The businessman had opened a departmental store in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra, but suffered losses during covid-19 lockdowns.
“He had taken loans from different people, but failed to repay them. He was forced to shut shop three months ago so that he could pay the people back. He had recently applied for another loan of Rs 25 lakh by mortgaging the house. But that house is in the name of his father. His brother, however, was against his plan to mortgage the house,” Srivastava said.
Police are going to file a murder case against the Sharma once he discharged from the hospital. however, his condition remains critical.
Further investigation in the case is underway.
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