Software engineer Sumit Kumar, who allegedly killed his wife and three children last week in Ghaziabad, has been arrested from Karnataka, the police said Wednesday.
The Ghaziabad police nabbed him with the help of Udupi police on Tuesday night, they said.
On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, Sumit allegedly served laced drinks to his wife Anshu Bala (32), 5-year-old and twins aged 4 and then slit their throats.
The bodies were found 22 hours after the incident on Sunday following a video posted by Sumit on his family WhatsApp group in which he admitted to the killings.
After being alerted, the police recovered the bodies from Sumit’s flat and sent them for post-mortem.
He will be produced before the media later in the day, said SP (city) Shlok Kumar.
Drug addict
Due to his drug addiction, Sumit faced financial crisis and lost his job, the police said.
The accused from Jamshedpur had married Anshu in 2011. He lost his job in December last, the police added.
