Overview
- Investigators say the murders occurred on the night of December 10 in Garhi Daulat village, with the bodies recovered from a pit inside the house days later.
- Police report that the wife and elder daughter were shot and the younger daughter was strangled before the bodies were concealed in a pit dug for a toilet and covered with concrete.
- Officers registered a triple-murder case and recovered a country-made pistol, spent shells and live cartridges, with forensic examination and post-mortems underway.
- Hindustan Times and other outlets cite additional forensic details, including a blood-stained stick and injuries to one child, as police probe premeditation and any assistance.
- Recent coverage notes a history of domestic conflict and controlling behavior, including claims he enforced strict purdah and even blocked his wife from getting ID documents to keep her photo private, while security has been tightened after family protests.