'Windpipes cut': Pregnant woman, 3 daughters found murdered inside Delhi home; husband missing after 'extremely brutal' crime

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• Pregnant woman and three daughters found murdered in Delhi home
• Husband missing, named prime suspect by police
• Police probing domestic discord, affair, and other motives

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Four members of a family, including a pregnant woman and her three young daughters, were found murdered inside their home in outer north Delhi on Wednesday morning, in what police have described as an “extremely brutal” crime. The husband and father, Munchun Kewat, is missing and is the prime suspect, the Times of India reported.

According to police, a PCR call was received at 8.07 am reporting that bodies were lying inside a ground-floor room of a house in the Prem Chand Park area. When officers arrived, they found 27-year-old Anita and her daughters, aged three, four and five, lying in a pool of blood.

"All four victims had their throats slit with a sharp-edged weapon. The injuries were so deep that their windpipes was cut," a senior police officer said, describing the crime scene as "extremely brutal".

Investigators are examining multiple angles, including domestic discord and a suspected extramarital affair. However, preliminary inquiry indicates that the killings may have been linked to the couple having three daughters and no son. Police said Kewat has been untraceable since early morning.

Prima facie findings suggest that Kewat may have intoxicated his wife and children before attacking them. “No specific reason has come to light yet, but it has been learned that they had a dispute around 9 pm last night,” a police officer said, adding that all angles, including the possibility of an affair, are being examined.

The bodies were discovered by relatives and neighbours in the morning. Recounting how the incident came to light, a relative, Rubi, told PTI, "This morning, when my brother-in-law's son came with his uncle to go to the market, he was crying. I came down and asked him what happened."

"He said aunt and cousins' throats have been slit," Rubi said. "When I asked around, I found out that there had been a murder. No one knew anything about it last night."

The family, originally from Bihar's Patna district, had been living in the area for the past two years. Rubi said the couple did not usually fight. Kewat worked as a vegetable seller at Azadpur Mandi, police said.

Crime and Forensic Science Laboratory teams visited the scene and collected evidence. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination.

Police have registered a case under Section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for murder. Multiple teams have been formed to trace and apprehend the accused.