Man axes wife, parents to death, attacks son in Raisen
   Date :17-May-2019

 
Staff Reporter:
 
Seven-year-old son battling for life in hospital
 
Police on toes to nab the accused
 
 
In a gruesome incident, a drug addict man killed his wife, mother and father with a sharp axe in a tiny village of Bareli tehsil in Raisen district during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. He also attacked his minor son, who is now battling for life in Hamidia Hospital of Bhopal. After the gory incident, accused fled the village. Police have declared a cash reward of Rs 5,000 on his head. Bareli police told that Jitendra lives in Ghat Semri village.
 
During late night hours of Wednesday, Jitendra allegedly attacked his wife Sunita Bai Dhakad (32), his mother Sharda (55) and father Jalam Singh (60) with sharp-edge axe. He also attacked his seven-year-old son Sidhant. Later, he fled the scene. Sunita Bai and Sharda Bai succumbed to their fatal wounds. Jalam Singh and Sidhant were rushed to Hamidia Hospital of Bhopal for treatment. Jalam Singh also died while undergoing treatment in hospital. Till filing of this report, Sidhant was battling for life in the hospital. Police are on toes to arrest the killer and declared cash reward of Rs 5,000 on his head.
 
Police also informed close relative of accused about incident so that he could not get shelter anywhere. When contacted by ‘The Hitavada’, Raisen SP Monica Shukla said that so far it is not known exactly that what the main reason behind the heart-rending incident. Things would become clear only when accused is caught. However, it is learnt that accused Jitendra and his wife Sunita Bai used to quarrel on trivial issues. Recently, accused had gone to some unknown place and remained there for three to four days. When he returned home, his wife tried to know his whereabouts.
 
The second thing which came to knowledge of police is this that accused used to take money from his father to meet his expenses. He also used to take ganja. The elder son of accused had gone to the house of his uncle and hence he escaped the incident. He told that his father was a person with mercurial nature and often used to get angry even on small things.