Overview

• Police say farmer Vijay Kumar Maurya is suspected of killing two local teenagers before setting his house on fire, resulting in the deaths of his wife, two daughters and himself.
• The boys, identified as Suraj Yadav and Sunny (also reported as Shani) Verma, were found with fatal neck wounds from a sharp weapon in a separate room.
• Investigators recovered two open gas cylinders and indications of an accelerant at the scene, and four cattle and a tractor were also burned.
• Villagers told officials the boys had been called to help with garlic planting for wages, and one of three boys left before the attack.
• Senior officers deployed multiple probe teams and forensic experts, ordered post-mortems, and are examining whether the accused’s reported mental distress after his son’s recent death played a role.