Gurugram murder accused unrepentant, says ‘killed to cleanse my house’

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, August 25

“I have no regrets. I was head of a family and a landlord. They had corrupted my house. I did what it took to cleanse my house,” 59-year-old ex-Army man Rao Rai Singh reportedly said in his confessional statement to police on Wednesday.

“My daughter-in-law and the tenant had illicit relations and he was neither paying rent nor leaving my house. I had no choice. I only wanted to kill the two of them, but tenant’s wife Anamika got up. She said she did not want to live without her husband so I killed her also. Thinking about children leading a miserable life as orphans, I liberated them also,” he reportedly said.

The accused’s claims were supported by his 48-year-old wife Bimlesh who was arrested by police. In her statement, Bilmesh said while she was not part of the murder plan, but was present and did not object when her husband went on the hacking spree around the house.

“I am his wife and have to stand in whatever he does. In our culture, husband is always right and we don’t say anything in their matters,” Bimlesh told police. The husband-wife duo was produced in court. Rai Singh was taken on two-day remand, while she was sent to judicial custody.

The police have, meanwhile, also procured CCTV footage in which Singh is seen coming out of house carrying “the weapon” used in the crime.

Speaking to the Tribune an investigation officer said in his statement Singh said after attacking five, including four of tenant’s family and his daughter-in-law, he changed his blood-drenched clothes and washed them. He then went to a small park he had maintained and gave its key to neighbour saying it was his duty now.

The family of deceased daughter-in-law has refuted claims of extra-marital affair, alleging the in-laws were pressuring her to sell 1 acre land she had inherited from her father. Her brother Ashok Kumar has moved police with these allegations.

“Investigation is on and we are looking into statement of the accused, deceased’s families and neighbours. The claims of the key accused are incoherent. The CCTV footage is also being analysed,” said Rajiv Yadav, ACP, city.

Meanwhile, the sole survivor of the murderous attack, 3-year-old Vidhi, spend entire day yesterday waiting for admission at Safdurjung hospital. She got an admission today only. A senior police officer said that she is stable and admitted to general ward.