Chhapra: In a horrific triple murder reported from Bihar, a man and his two daughters were stabbed to death during sleep while the slain's wife escaped the fatal attack during the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday in Bihar's Chhapra, police said. Police have arrested two accused in the case and recovered the weapon of offence from their possession.
The horrific triple murder took place at Dhanadih village under Rasulpur police station area of the district. The slain have been identified as Tarakeshwar Singh alias Jhabar Singh, 50-year-old son of Vishwanath Singh, and his two minor daughters—one of them 17 years old and the other 15 years old.
In her statement to the police, the wife of slain Singh said that after having dinner at night, they were sleeping on the top floor of their house when she suddenly woke up and saw that the assailants attacked her family members. “They also attacked me. Somehow I ran away and saved my life,"she said. The injured woman has been admitted to Ekma Health Center in critical condition. Police has taken possession of all three bodies and sent them to Chhapra Sadar Hospital for post-mortem.
Rasulpur police station in-charge said that based on the complaint by the woman, two accused Sudhanshu Kumar alias Roshan and Ankit Kumar—both residents of Rasulpur have been arrested adding both have confessed to the crime. The knife used in the incident has also been recovered from them, the police officer said. Police suspect a love affair to be behind the triple murder.
