“Extramarital Affair” Turned Sour Led to Amethi Murders: Cops

Amethi: Chandan Verma, the prime accused in the murder of a teacher, his wife and their two young children in Amethi has reportedly confessed before the police that his extramarital affair with the wife of the teacher, led to this heinous crime.

According to police sources, Chandan had a relationship with the woman for nearly a year and a half. He killed her and the family as their relationship had turned sour.

Chandan was arrested from a toll plaza near Noida on Friday afternoon. He was shot in the leg while trying to escape by snatching a policeman’s gun.

Sunil Kumar, his wife Poonam and their two daughters – who were just one and six years old – were shot dead by Chandan at their home in Amethi’s Bhavani Nagar of Amethi on Thursday. In a press conference on Friday, Amethi Superintendent of Police Anoop Kumar Singh informed that Chandan has said he was in a relationship with Poonam for about a year and a half. Chandan claimed that there were some problems in the relationship recently, which kept him tense. For it he shot her and her family.

Verma fired 10 bullets. After killing everyone in the family, he tried to shoot himself, but the bullet missed and he escaped from the spot.

NDTV had reported on Friday that Verma had announced his intention to kill the family and then himself in a WhatsApp status on September 12. The status said: “5 people are going to die, I will show you soon.”