Aide kills singer, three of his kin over Rs 60,000, insults

MEERUT: Police on Wednesday found the charred body of a 14-year-old boy from Haryana's Panipat town, 40km from west UP's Shamli district where his father - a 'bhajan' singer - mother and elder sister were found murdered a day ago.
The accused, Himanshu Saini, an aide of 'bhajan' singer Ajay Pathak (45), was arrested by Haryana police. According to Panipat police, Saini was arrested when he was trying to flee after setting ablaze Pathak's SUV which had his son, Bhagwad's body.Police have sent the charred body for forensic and post-mortem examination.
It all happened a day after Ajay, his wife Sneha Pathak (42) and daughter Vasundhra Pathak (16) were murdered with a sharp-edged weapon at their Shamli house. Police said during interrogation, Himanshu confessed to have killed the entire family for not returning Rs 60,000 they owed to him. Himanshu alleged that he was insulted by Ajay every time he asked for his money .
The accused confessed to have killed the family with "one of the many swords which were kept at their home". Shamli SP Vineet Jaiswal said, "Himanshu had dinner with the family on Monday, and decided to kill them after he was allegedly humiliated by Ajay."
"After dinner, as the family was sleeping, he first went to Ajay's room and attacked him and his wife Sneha with a sword. Then he went to Vasundhra's room and killed her. He then strangulated 14-year-old Bhagwad to death," said SP Jaiswal. Police said Himanshu planned to dispose all the bodies. He first took Bhagwad's body to Panipat. "But, when he got to know that the news of the murders has spread, he set the car on fire," said Jaiswal.