Man attacks family with axe, wife killed, children injured
New Delhi (IANS) | A wife was killed while her son and daughter were injured when her husband attacked her with an ax in south Delhi’s Neb Sarai area on Thursday, police said. The deceased has been identified as Suman. According to the police, a PCR call was received at 6:24 am, informing that the caller’s mother was attacked by her husband with an axe.
A police team reached the spot and found the woman lying in a pool of blood with multiple injuries on her neck, said Chandan Chowdhary, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South). He was declared brought dead after being taken to the hospital by the police. The 30-year-old daughter of the deceased had injury marks on her neck, while her 28-year-old son had injury marks on his neck and forehead.
Both identified their father Vijay Veer (55) as the attacker.
The DCP said, an injury mark was also found on the left wrist of the accused on the spot, which was self-inflicted by him. On investigation it was found that Suman married Vijay in 1992 and the couple had two children, a daughter born in 1993 and a son in 1995.
The DCP said, after his marriage, he lived at Neb Sarai, the house of Vijay Veer’s relative. However, Vijay reportedly often taunted and tortured his wife. In 2017, Vijay opened fire on his family to eliminate him, resulting in his son suffering from gunshot wounds. A case was registered against Vijay, but the family later settled the matter and the proceedings were quashed.
Since the incident, Vijay has been torturing and neglecting his family. The DCP said, on the day of the incident, he attacked his wife when she was sleeping, with the intention of eliminating the entire family.
After killing his wife, Vijay attacked his children with an axe, but he managed to snatch the weapon from her and locked himself in the room before calling the police.
Vijay has been arrested and a case has been registered against him under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder), Chowdhary said.
–IANS
