This Article is From Jul 20, 2010

VHP leader kills wife, daughter-in-law, commits suicide

Lucknow: A local Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader allegedly committed suicide after killing his wife and daughter-in-law in Kotwali area of Faizabad district, police said on Tuesday.

61-year-old Krishna Kumar Agarwal hanged himself from a ceiling after killing his 50-year-old wife Prabharani and 22-year-old daughter-in-law Rudrapriya at his Acharya Nagar colony residence on Monday evening, they said.

While Rudrapriya was strangled to death, Prabharani was hit with a rod on her head resulting in her death, police said.

A suicide note was recovered from the spot in which Agarwal had stated that he was committing suicide after killing his wife and daughter-in-law, they said.

Prima facie it appears that family tension led to the incident. Even Agarwal's son had said that the dispute had reached the peak, a senior officer said here.

Besides being associated with the VHP, Agarwal was also a trader.
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