Delhi Tutor Upendra Shukla
A private tutor in Delhi's Mehrauli area was arrested on Saturday for killing his wife and three children. The accused who have been identified as Upendra Shukla, had planned his family's murder, police said
Shukla used a kitchen knife to kill his wife, seven-year-old daughter, five-year-old son and 40-day-old daughter, police said. The incident took place around 1 am. He then left a note, in which he accepted that he killed his family members.
After being held, Shukla told police that the knife he used to kill his family, was bought from Mehrauli's local market on Tuesday.
He told police that, hours before committing the crime, he bought sleeping pills and two liters of milk. He made his wife and children consume the sedated milk on Friday night.
After killing his family, he wrote a confession notes while being seated next to the bodies in the bedroom, the police said.
Meanwhile, the neighbors of Shukla family said that they have never noticed the couple fighting.
Deepak Agarwal, who runs a general store next to the building, said Shukla had come to his shop to buy milk on Friday afternoon and "he looked normal to me".
"He was returning home after buying some items from the market," Agarwal said.
Asked about the incident, Agarwal said, "At around 6 am, one person, who lives on the third floor of the building, heard the cry of Shukla's mother-in-law after which he reached his house. When he noticed blood in the room of the accused, he came to me and informed about the incident."
Another neighbor of Shukla, Bharat Mahlawat said, "We got information that Shukla has killed his family after slitting their throats. When we reached the spot, we saw that the blood was coming out of the throat of Archana".
The couple got married nine years ago. Shukla hails from Bihar and completed his graduation in the Russian language from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2006. Shukla has an elder brother who lives in Bihar.
