Ballia,

April 26 (HS): During wee hours, a man reportedly stabbed his wife and

mother-in-law to death and critically wounded his father-in-law, according to

police. According to Ballia SP Omvir Singh, a domestic quarrel between the

accused and his wife is alleged to have triggered the attack, and three teams

have been created to apprehend the culprit, named as Amit Kumar Gupta. The

crime occurred at Hasanpur, near the Nagra police station, when Amit reportedly

went into his in-laws' house about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday through the roof and

cut the throats of his wife, Preeti Gupta (23), and mother-in-law, Sushila Devi

(55), according to police. When Amit's father-in-law, Antu Gupta (60),

attempted to interfere, he reportedly attacked him as well, leaving him

seriously injured.

Antu

Gupta was transported to the district hospital and then transferred to a trauma

center in Varanasi when his health worsened. According to authorities, Amit

attempted to strangle his sister-in-law when she tried to intervene before

leaving. After receiving a complaint from a family member, authorities opened a

murder investigation and sent the remains for post-mortem examination. The duo

had been married five years. Police said the woman returned to her parents'

house around a month ago.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi