Raj Shekhar, TNN | Feb 4, 2012, 01.47AM IST
NEW DELHI: A paraplegic interior designer claimed to have murdered his wife and four-year-old son, and was found lying next to the bodies when the police broke into their bedroom in Rohini, northwest Delhi, in the early hours of Friday.
Nitin Maini (30) also tried to injure himself using a pair of scissors, police said. Nitin told the cops who arrested him that he suspected his wife of being unfaithful. But both families - Nitin's and his wife's - said the wheelchair-bound man couldn't possibly have committed the murders as he could hardly move without help.
The victims, Shweta Maini (24) and Garvappeared to have been strangled, police said. Shweta's father has alleged the hand of Nitin's family in the killings.
Nitin, who became paralysed waist down in a bike accident three years ago, was to shortly receive compensation of Rs 21 lakh.
Shweta and Nitin Maini had defied their families to get married six years ago. "They had to marry in Patiala House courts, and I backed Nitin during their courtship. He loved Shweta immensely and could not have killed her. When he could not even move without help, how could he have committed two murders and then tried to kill himself?" said a friend who did not wish to be named.
The double murder has devastated Nitin's immediate family. His mother, Sushma, had been happy when the couple celebrated their wedding anniversary on Thursday night. Hardly two hours later, her eldest son was in jail for murdering his wife and son, whose darkening bodies lay in the Maini house.
"My grandson Garv was such a jovial child and always used to be with me. He even slept by my side listening to stories at night. My world has shattered. What will we do with the money? I want my children back," she said, crying.
Nitin, the family said, was physically helpless and had to be strapped into his wheelchair. His wife was his pillar of support. Around four months back, she had bagged a job with an NGO for around Rs 8,000 a month. "It was a long commute for her from Rohini to her office near Laxmi Nagar, but our family life had come back on the track with her regular income. This was totally unexpexcted," said a family member. Shweta's family, though, alleged things were not rosy and Nitin's family had conspired to kill the mother and son for the Rs 21 lakh compensation that Nitin had won in an accident claim.
However, the double murder has left cops puzzled. While they could not satisfactorily establish the motive for the murder and went by Nitin's confession alone, they acknowledge the story has far too many holes. Police sources as well as the family members claimed the bodies had turned blue, which suggested that Nitin's claim of having strangled the two may not be true.
Shweta's family's claim that her phone was switched off when they called her up at 11.10pm also throws up new questions. Police sources said there were several possibilities. It could be a case of a suicide pact gone wrong, they said.
The police accepted Nitin's confession at face value but said further investigation is needed. Forensic reports and the postmortem report will let them ascertain the exact facts and the sequence of events.
Nitin Maini (30) also tried to injure himself using a pair of scissors, police said. Nitin told the cops who arrested him that he suspected his wife of being unfaithful. But both families - Nitin's and his wife's - said the wheelchair-bound man couldn't possibly have committed the murders as he could hardly move without help.
The victims, Shweta Maini (24) and Garvappeared to have been strangled, police said. Shweta's father has alleged the hand of Nitin's family in the killings.
Nitin, who became paralysed waist down in a bike accident three years ago, was to shortly receive compensation of Rs 21 lakh.
Shweta and Nitin Maini had defied their families to get married six years ago. "They had to marry in Patiala House courts, and I backed Nitin during their courtship. He loved Shweta immensely and could not have killed her. When he could not even move without help, how could he have committed two murders and then tried to kill himself?" said a friend who did not wish to be named.
The double murder has devastated Nitin's immediate family. His mother, Sushma, had been happy when the couple celebrated their wedding anniversary on Thursday night. Hardly two hours later, her eldest son was in jail for murdering his wife and son, whose darkening bodies lay in the Maini house.
"My grandson Garv was such a jovial child and always used to be with me. He even slept by my side listening to stories at night. My world has shattered. What will we do with the money? I want my children back," she said, crying.
Nitin, the family said, was physically helpless and had to be strapped into his wheelchair. His wife was his pillar of support. Around four months back, she had bagged a job with an NGO for around Rs 8,000 a month. "It was a long commute for her from Rohini to her office near Laxmi Nagar, but our family life had come back on the track with her regular income. This was totally unexpexcted," said a family member. Shweta's family, though, alleged things were not rosy and Nitin's family had conspired to kill the mother and son for the Rs 21 lakh compensation that Nitin had won in an accident claim.
However, the double murder has left cops puzzled. While they could not satisfactorily establish the motive for the murder and went by Nitin's confession alone, they acknowledge the story has far too many holes. Police sources as well as the family members claimed the bodies had turned blue, which suggested that Nitin's claim of having strangled the two may not be true.
Shweta's family's claim that her phone was switched off when they called her up at 11.10pm also throws up new questions. Police sources said there were several possibilities. It could be a case of a suicide pact gone wrong, they said.
The police accepted Nitin's confession at face value but said further investigation is needed. Forensic reports and the postmortem report will let them ascertain the exact facts and the sequence of events.
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