A man (25) fleeing on a bike after hacking his sister-in-law to death and severely assaulting his half-brother was killed in a head-on collision with a car early on Tuesday morning in Amble village near Shirur, about 70km from the city.
Police identified the deceased assailant as Anil Bendre. His deceased sister-in-law, Priyanka Sunil Bendre (28), was a software engineer. She was about to go abroad next week with her husband Sunil (30), also a software engineer.
Sunil, half-brother of Anil, suffered severe injuries in the assault. He is recovering in a private hospital in Pune. Anil’s father, Balasaheb Bendre, filed a complaint with the Shirur police.
“Anil assaulted his stepbrother and sister-in-law with a sharp knife and bludgeoned them with a dumbbell around 4am on Tuesday when they were sleeping on the terrace of their single-storied ancestral home,” inspector Sureshkumar Raut of the Shirur police said.
He said, “Our investigation so far revealed that Anil was disturbed because he was frequently losing job. He attacked his stepbrother, Sunil, and his wife in frustration.”
Man dies in accident after killing sis-in-law
Inspector Sureshkumar Raut of the Shirur police said the assailant, Anil Bendre, was a commerce graduate.
He worked in a few private companies in Pune. His stepbrother Sunil also worked in the city and had recently purchased a flat.
The police inspector said Anil was not consistent at his work and so lost jobs frequently. “He was disturbed by it and started consuming liquor. Last week, his father, Balasaheb, brought him back to their native village. He had advised him to look after their farm instead of doing odd jobs,” Raut said.
He said Anil was not happy over it and used to quarrel with his parents. “He had locked himself in one of the rooms on Sunday night and ransacked it,” Raut said.
Against this backdrop, Sunil and his wife got a job offer abroad. They were about to leave the country next week.
“Before shifting there, Sunil had come to Amble village with his wife to stay with his parents. After dinner, the duo had gone to sleep on the terrace on Monday night,” Raut said.
He said Anil went to the terrace around 4am carrying the dumbbell and the knife. “He stabbed his sister-in-law and brother and bludgeoned them with the dumbbell,” Raut said.
Hearing their scream, Balasaheb and his other relatives rushed to the terrace. “Anil tried to attack his father, too. But he ran down and fled on his motorcycle seeing other relatives. As soon as he reached the main road near their house, his motorcycle collided head-on with the car. He died on the spot,” Raut said.
Source : The Times of India
