Triple murder: Man kills wife and in-laws, rapes their bodies; arrested

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A 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly murdering his wife, sister-in-law and mother-in-law in Samalkha town of Haryana's Panipat. The accused, identified as Noor Hasan of Patti Kaliyana village of Sonepat district, confessed to have committed the crime.

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During the police interrogation, Hasan admitted to killing his wife Madhu (25), sister-in-law Manisha (18), and mother-in-law Jamila (48) and raping the bodies. Hasan suspected that his wife was having an affair and that his in-laws were supporting her, reports Hindustan Times.

The police recovered the bodies from three different locations on September 6, 7 and 8. A special investigation team was formed under the Panipat deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Satish Kumar on September 11.

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According to police officials, Hasan drugged and killed his wife and sister-in-law with sharp-edged weapons on September 5. Post which, he covered their bodies in quilts and dumped them. Three days later, the accused took his mother-in-law from Gamri village and strangled her to death near Bursham village. He tried to burn her body.

Hasan had been living at a rented accommodation in Samalkha with his wife and two sons. The accused has been booked under Sections 302 (murder) and 201 (hiding evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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