UP Man Who Faked His Death Arrested For Murdering Wife, Children

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Police in western Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district say they have uncovered a sensational case in which a man, believed to be dead, has been arrested for murdering his wife and children in 2018, burying their corpses at their home and then faking his death to get away with the gruesome crime. The police say the accused, 34-year-old Rakesh, who worked as a pathologist in 2018 with a private laboratory in Greater Noida (near Delhi), carried out the murders over an affair with a woman who is also part of UP Police. The accused, three of his family members and the woman have been arrested. The police say the accused's family helped at several stages of the crime; the accused's father is a retired policeman. Gory visuals from a home in Greater Noida, taken on Wednesday, showed the police unearthing body parts from a pit inside the house. What seemed to be children's sandals caked in mud and gravel were among the items dug out.