7 of family killed in Ghaziabad

7 of family killed in Ghaziabad

Dipankar Ghose : Ghaziabad

Police said entry to the house was friendly and not
all jewellery was taken. Gajendra yadav 

A family of seven was wiped out in Ghaziabad, with all members found murdered in their home on Wednesday morning.

Police identified those killed as Satish Goel (62), his wife Manju (60), son Sachin (40), daughter Rekha (38), and three grandchildren — Medha (13), Honey (11) and Aman (10).

Though the house was found ransacked, police doubt that it was a case of robbery gone wrong and are probing personal or professional enmity angles.

The family lived in a two-floor house in Ghanta Ghar area.

Senior officers said three bodies were found in a corridor of the house, two were in one bedroom and two in another.

Neighbours called police after they noticed that the main door of the house was ajar.

Bhavesh Kumar Singh, Inspector General of Police (Meerut Range), said: "It seems the victims were killed by a sharp instrument. Prima facie, it does not seem any shots were fired, but it will become clear after the post-mortem reports come in. The motive is not clear yet. We have formed various teams and are working on several leads."

Police said the entry to the house seemed "friendly".

"There seem to be no signs of forced entry. After talking to neighbours we got to know that there was a wedding house nearby and the DJ was playing loud music. It is possible that the music drowned any screams for help," an officer said.

Police said Satish was a businessman with interests in property and food products.

"Robbery is a possible, but unlikely motive. Relatives told us that Satish was involved in five upcoming building projects in Ghaziabad.

These required daily cash transactions in lakhs of rupees. His son was also involved in the same business. It seems he was due to have a kidney transplant next week, so there was money in the house for that as well. Some of the cupboards in the house look ransacked," an officer said. 

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