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BHOPAL: A 27-year-old newly married man axed to death eight members of his family – including his 23-year-old bride, mother and sister – in their sleep and died by suicide in a village in MP‘s Chhindwara district early Wednesday. Among the victims are three children, aged between 18 months to five years.
It’s not known what triggered the killing spree, but the accused, Dinesh – who married barely eight days ago – was mentally unstable, police said.His bride Varsha was among the first to be killed. The lone survivor is a 10-year-old child, who woke up to the noise and saw the murders. He was critically injured and was referred to Nagpur for treatment.
Dinesh had a history of mental issues, and the family may have fallen victim to the belief that marriage would somehow ‘solve’ it.
The joint family lived in a cluster of houses surrounding a courtyard. Due to the heat, most of them were sleeping outdoors. Around 2.30 am on Wednesday, Dinesh picked up an axe and began hacking his family members as they slept, police said.
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