Man kills wife, kids fearing AIDS

January 21, 2009

20 Jan 2009, 2314 hrs IST, Sumi Sukanya, TNN

GURGAON: It was a confession that shook even the most hardened law-

keepers. Naresh (name changed), the accused in the triple murders in

Shikohpur

village near Gurgaon, said he killed his wife and two minor children

because he feared they were suffering from AIDS. Naresh was arrested

last week. He remained in police remand for three days and was

produced in court on Tuesday.

On December 16, 2008, Naresh allegedly killed his 27-year-old wife,

seven-year-old daughter and five-year-old son by strangulating them

at home, 14 km away from Gurgaon. Police registered a case under

section 302 of IPC against Naresh, his father and brother after

Naresh's father-in-law implicated the trio. Though his brother and

father were arrested immediately, Naresh went absconding. He was

arrested later from Jodhpur, Rajasthan, said the SHO of Kherki Daula

police station.

" During interrogation Naresh said that after his marriage, he fell

into bad company and started visiting sex workers. He regularly went

to GB Road in Delhi. For the last few months he feared his liaison

with multiple partners may have resulted in him contracting AIDS.

Meanwhile, he met a tantrik who told him that he will die soon. This

only reinforced his doubts, " said Narrotam Prasad, investigating

officer.

" He started believing his wife and children had also become HIV

positive. This led him to take the extreme step. He wanted to kill

himself also after committing the crime, but could not gather the

courage, " Prasad added.

Naresh's father-in-law had claimed that the accused was an alchoholic

who often beat his wife.

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