Man who faked his death after killing wife, kids, arrested
The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a man, who was believed to be dead, for allegedly killing his wife and two children three years ago and then burying their bodies in the basement of his house in Greater Noida, officials said. The skeletal remains were exhumed from the site on late Wednesday night by teams of the Greater Noida Police and the Kasganj Police.
Accused also killed his friend and faked his own murder
"The skeletal remains have been sent for forensic examination," they said. "Thirty-four-year-old Rakesh is also accused of killing a friend of his in Kasganj, two months after killing his family members in Greater Noida," the officials said. "Rakesh placed his identity cards on his friend's body to lead investigators into believing that he had been killed," they added.
Rakesh's father-in-law had lodged a missing complaint in February 2018
"In February 2018, a man lodged a missing persons complaint at the Bisrakh Police Station in Greater Noida. He claimed that his 27-year-old daughter and his two grandchildren, aged three and one, had been kidnapped by his son-in-law Rakesh," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Noida, Ankur Aggarwal said. On the basis of the complaint, a case was registered and an investigation was initiated.
An FIR about Rakesh's murder was registered in Kasganj
"Two months later, an FIR was registered at the Dholna Police Station in the Kasganj district about the murder of Rakesh," Aggarwal said. "In the course of investigation of the murder case, the Kasganj Police on Wednesday reached Bisrakh and informed their counterparts that Rakesh was alive and had been apprehended," the ADCP further said.
Later, Rakesh also confessed to killing his wife and kids
"The Kasganj Police also informed us that Rakesh, who was accused of kidnapping his wife and two children, had told them that he had killed his family members and buried their bodies at their house in Bisrakh in Greater Noida," Aggarwal said.
Further investigations are being carried out: Police
"The skeletal remains have been sent to forensic experts so that identities can be ascertained and on the basis of that modifications will be made in the FIR that was lodged here in 2018," the ADCP said. Rakesh has been arrested by the Kasganj Police, the officials said, adding that further investigation and legal proceedings in the case are being carried out.
