RAIPUR: Four members of a family, including two women, were murdered and an 11-year-old boy left fighting for his life in a savage attack in a village in Durg on Sunday. Police believe the killers are close to the family, but aren’t sure of the motive yet.
The murders have shaken the state. DGP DM Awasthi drove down to Khudmuda village on Monday to inspect the crime scene, along with Durg SP Prashant Singh Thakur. He has set up special teams to probe the murders.
The victims lived on the outskirts of Khudmuda. On Monday morning, when villagers were up and about, they saw Kirti Sonkar, 28, lying in a pool of blood at the doorstep of her house, with her head bashed in with a large stone. The alarm went out and villagers rushed to the house. Police were called in. They broke down the door to find Kirti’s son lying unconscious in bed, with injuries all over his body. The body of her mother-in-law, Dulari, 60, was found floating in an open water tank in the backyard of the house.