Overview

• Rajiv Kumar, 36, killed his three daughters (aged 12, 9, and 7) and 5-year-old son by slitting their throats before hanging himself in his home on March 26, 2025.
• The crime was discovered the following morning by Rajiv's father, Prithviraj, who found the house locked and later uncovered the bodies inside.
• Police recovered the weapon used in the killings and sandpaper reportedly used to sharpen it, confirming the act as a murder-suicide.
• Rajiv had been suffering from mental health issues linked to a severe head injury a year earlier, which reportedly left him agitated and prone to violent thoughts.
• His wife, Kranti, had left the home six days earlier after a domestic dispute, citing abuse and alarming statements Rajiv made about harming the family.