Archive · 20 Aug 2025
Son Shares Details of Father's Murder by Mother, Lover
A man was killed, and his son saw it.
The man's wife and her boyfriend are accused.
The man was smothered after a drinking session.
The couple tried to hide the body in a drum, putting salt in it.
The family fled but were caught.
The son said the dad was often violent, beating both his mother and him.
An eight-year-old son witnessed his father's murder allegedly by his mother and her boyfriend.
The victim, Hansraj, was suffocated with a pillow after drinking.
The body was discovered in a blue drum on the rooftop of their rented home.
The suspects fled but were arrested 50 km away at a brick kiln.
The son reported the father often beat the mother and him, sometimes using a blade.
- Who
- Hansraj (victim), Sunita (wife, suspect), Jitendra Sharma (lover, suspect), and Harshal (son, witness)
- What
- Hansraj was murdered.
- When
- August 15th
- Where
- Kishangarhbas Police Station area, Rajasthan
- Why
- To conceal an affair, per the existing summary; additional motives of violence and abuse also surfaced.
- Victim
- Hansraj (Suraj)
- Suspects
- Sunita (wife), Jitendra Sharma (lover)
- Witness
- Harshal (8-year-old son)
- Method of Killing
- Suffocation with pillow
- Body Location
- Blue drum on rooftop
- Location of Arrest
- Brick kiln, 50 km away
Sources
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