This Article is From Dec 25, 2020

Man Commits Suicide After Killing Wife, 4 Children In Rajasthan: Police

The incident took place at Robiya Holifalan village on Thursday night where Ranjeet Meena (32) hit his wife Kokila (28) with a sharp-edged weapon after a verbal spat, police said.

Man Commits Suicide After Killing Wife, 4 Children In Rajasthan: Police

The bodies were handed over to family members after a post-mortem. (Representational)

Udaipur:

In a shocking incident, a man allegedly murdered his wife and four children in a fit of rage after a quarrel and later committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Kherwara area of Udaipur district.

The incident took place at Robiya Holifalan village on Thursday night where Ranjeet Meena (32) hit his wife Kokila (28) with a sharp-edged weapon after a verbal spat, police said.

He also killed his sons Narendra (3) and Lokesh (5); and daughters Jasoda (8) and Guddi (nine months) with the same weapon.

After this, he went outside home and hanged himself from a tree, Kherwara SHO Shayam Singh said.

The bodies were handed over to family members after a post-mortem.

Primary investigation revealed that Ranjeet was a liquor addict and he used to quarrel with his wife often, he said.

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