Suraj Verma stabbed his mother 20 times, even as his 14-year-old sister Neha lay bleeding profusely on the bed from his attack moments earlier.
After he was done with his mother Siya, the 19-year-old turned his attention to his sobbing sister, whom he stabbed four more times till she finally breathed her last.
This chilling revelation was made by the police on Wednesday, after they arrested the engineering student for allegedly murdering his father Mithilesh Verma (42), mother and sister inside their house in south Delhi’s Kishangarh.
The accused was infuriated with his parents for “opposing” his lifestyle and “forcing” him to focus on his studies. Suraj did not show much remorse during questioning, the police said.
“Either they or me, one of us had to die,” he reportedly told the police.
He developed a grudge against his father, who “scolded him for not studying”; his mother, who “did not allow his friends to come home and never took his side”; and his sister, who “checked his mobile phone and told on him”. The final straw, the police said, was the beating Suraj received from his father for bunking college to fly kites in August.
“Suraj hated his father the most but claimed that he cried next to Neha’s body,” the police said.
Suraj told the police that his parents were against the company he kept over the past few years. He claimed his father got him admitted to an engineering course despite knowing that he did not want to study anymore.
Suraj and his friends later rented a flat in Mehrauli to “escape” college.
“The friends, including girls, formed a WhatsApp group and pooled money to pay the rent. They would go to the flat whenever they wanted to bunk college. The flat boasted hookahs and other things they wanted to hide from their parents. None of the parents were aware of this arrangement,” said a police officer.
Suraj smoked hookah all day in the Mehrauli flat on Tuesday, and later went to buy the knife and scissors he used to butcher his family the next day.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that Suraj faked his abduction in 2013 after his father scolded him for failing in class.
A day after his “abduction”, he mysteriously reappeared in Uttar Pradesh’s Modinagar.
