Bodies of three members of a family found in Prayagraj, murder suspected

The bodies of three people were found in a house at the South Malaka intersection of Kotwali in Prayagraj city on Tuesday.

The bodies were several days old. People grew suspicious when a foul smell emanated from the house on Tuesday afternoon.

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On breaking open the door, police discovered the bodies of Virendra Vaish (70), his wife Ankita (62), and daughter Meenakshi (40) lying on the bed. The bodies bore several injury marks.

Initial investigations point to murder, and a forensic team has collected fingerprints and other clues from the spot. Police are launching a search for the deceased couple’s 38-year-old son, Abhishek, who has been missing for several days.

The bodies were discovered in a three-storey building at the Hewatt Road crossing in South Malaka, which houses shops on the ground floor and residential quarters upstairs.

According to neighbours, no one had been seen leaving the house for several days before the foul smell alerted the locality on Tuesday.

Police took possession of the three bodies and sent them for a post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death. Investigators are currently probing a potential family property dispute as a motive. According to police sources, an investigation is underway, and the triple murder will be solved soon.