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A 51-year-old retired Army personnel, who was a Kargil warfare veteran, allegedly changeable his woman and 16-year-old lad dormant astatine their location present successful Sen Pashchim Para, earlier dying by termination connected a adjacent railway track, constabulary said connected Monday (February 16, 2026).
The incidental came to airy connected Monday greeting erstwhile the constabulary received accusation astir a antheral being recovered dormant connected the railway way adjacent the Kathogar-Imlipur underpass.
The body, prima facie suspected to beryllium a lawsuit of termination aft being tally implicit by a goods train, was identified arsenic that of Chetram Paswan done an Aadhaar paper recovered from his pocket. A motorcycle recovered parked adjacent helped the constabulary hint his residence.
When officers reached his location successful Tulsiyapur’s Nai Basti locality to pass household members, they discovered the bodies of his wife, Sunita Verma, 40, and their lad Deep, 16, wrong the house.
According to the police, Sunita was recovered lying adjacent the furniture with a gunshot coiled to her head, portion Deep was recovered adjacent the chamber entranceway with a slug wounded to his chest.
Bloodstains were disposable from the room to the bedroom. A licensed double-barrel weapon was recovered from the spot, Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Vipin Tada said, adding that a home quality seems to person occurred precocious Sunday (February 15) night, pursuing which Paswan allegedly changeable his wife.
The lad is believed to person rushed successful aft proceeding the gunshot and was besides shot. Paswan past near the house, locked the main gross from outside, and aboriginal died by termination connected the railway track, an authoritative said.
The said that prima facie, the lawsuit appears to beryllium a murder-suicide, but the nonstop series of events volition beryllium confirmed lone aft a elaborate investigation.
“Forensic teams person collected humor samples, the weapon, CCTV footage and different grounds from the scene. All angles, including household and fiscal issues, are being examined,” Mr. Tada said, adding that the bodies person been sent for post-mortem examination.
Paswan, a autochthonal of Serua Bakhariya colony successful Ghatampur, had retired from the Indian Army and was moving arsenic a information defender astatine a bank. He was besides receiving a pension. The household had moved into their recently constructed location astir 3 months ago.
Police sources said that Paswan had earlier taken a indebtedness of astir ₹12 lakh for his daughter’s wedding and for the operation of his house. The magnitude was allegedly repaid precocious aft his begetter sold a information of cultivation onshore and gave him the money. His girl got joined six months ago.
Neighbours told the constabulary that the mates had argued precocious connected Sunday night. However, the motive down the killings remains unclear.
Paswan’s member has alleged foul play, claiming that the warfare seasoned “could not person committed specified an act”. He besides questioned definite circumstances astatine the country and demanded a thorough probe.
Police said that ineligible enactment volition beryllium taken based connected forensic findings and the post-mortem report.
(Suicide prevention helplines and counselling assistance a large woody successful preventing suicides. For assistance successful Uttar Pradesh, delight telephone TeleMANAS 18008914416/14416)
