20-year-old arrested for murdering parents and sister in Delhi

Ex-armyman's son kills family over jealousy, arrested after dumping evidence in a nearby jungle.

A 20-year-old was arrested on Thursday (December 5, 2024) for allegedly murdering his parents and sister in Delhi's Neb Sarai area, after the police recovered his blood-stained clothes and the knife used to commit the crime from a nearby jungle, an official said.

Ex-armyman Rajesh Kumar (51), his wife Komal (46) and their daughter Kavita (23) were found dead at their house in Deoli village on Wednesday (December 4) morning.

According to the police, the accused, Arjun Tanwar did not have good relations with his parents and was upset that they liked his sister more than him.

The police recovered his blood-stained sweatshirt and the army knife which he used to kill his parents and sister from Sanjay Van late Wednesday night.

During interrogation, Tanwar told the police that he first killed his sister by slitting her throat while she was asleep.

Then he went upstairs where he stabbed his father in his neck and slit his mother's throat, who was in the washroom, police said.

Tanwar then changed his blood-stained clothes, put them in his gym bag and went to Sanjay Van where he dumped them along with the knife used to commit the crime, they added.