Man kills 8 family members with axe in Chhindwara
At 2:30 a.m., while the family was sleeping, Dinesh Gond, also known as Bhura, went on a rampage.
A man hacked eight members of his family to death with an axe in the tribal village of Bodal Kachhar over 145 km away from Chhindwara district headquarters and later died by suicide, as per police statement on Wednesday.
“The accused was mentally ill and was undergoing treatment. He killed his wife, brother, sister-in-law and other members of his family (a total of eight persons) and then died by suicide. He was suffering from Schizophrenia, after consultation with doctors we came to know that a person suffering from the disease may attack people, later he realized that he committed a mistake and died by suicide. So prima facie it seems that this may have happened in this case as well, he must have realized his mistake and committed suicide. We are investigating the case,” said Anil Singh Kushwaha, Inspector General of Police (IG) Jabalpur Zone.
According to the police, the man had mental health issues. He assaulted his mother Siyabai, 55, his wife Varsha, 23, his brother Shravan Kumar, 35, and Shravan’s wife, Baratobai, 30, around 2:30 in the morning when the family was asleep.
Then he used the axe on his 16-year-old sister Parvati, his 5-year-old nephew Krishna, and his nieces Deepa (1) and Sewnti (4).
All 9 individuals died on the spot. Additionally, he attacked a 10-year-old neighbor who his grandma saved. As neighbors heard the victims cry, they went inside the house. Dinesh left the scene after noticing them.
His corpse was later discovered hanging from a tree around 100 yards from the residence. The attack’s motivation is unknown. After arriving on the scene, police started their investigation. State Chief Minister Mohan Yaadav expressed his grief over the incident, conveying that an investigation is underway.
“I got to know that a mentally unstable person has killed 8 people of his family and then died by suicide. This is an unfortunate incident. I have asked one of our ministers Sampatiya Uikey to visit Chhindwara. She will meet the members of the family. An investigation of the incident will be done. We will do everything possible for the victims,” CM Yadav said.
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