Ahmedabad Mar 31 PTI A man who allegedly killed his wife two teenage children and the wifes grandmother here has been arrested days after the chilling crime police said on Thursday The semi-decomposed bodies of Sonalben Gaekwad 37 her son Ganesh 17 daughter Pragati 15 and Sonalbens grandmother Subhadraben 70 were found in their house in Odhav locality of Ahmedabad on Tuesday night It was suspected that they had been stabbed to death a few days earlier We have arrested Vinod Gaekwad the accused from an ST state transport corporation bus in Dahod district when he was returning to Gujarat from Indore in Madhya Pradesh He admitted that he killed his wife children and the wifes grandmother the Ahmedabad crime branch said in a release Gaekwad allegedly told police that he killed his wife on the suspicion that she was having an affair and later killed the two children and the wifes grandmother to conceal the crime After the murders he went to Surat came back to Ahmedabad and then travelled to Indore He was returning to Gujarat from Indore when he was arrested the release added Police tracked him down through electronic surveillance The crime branch had formed several teams to nab him officials said The murders came to light after Sonalbens mother Sanjuben approached police saying that she was not able to contact her daughter on phone and her house was locked from outside PTI PD KRK KRK

Ahmedabad Mar 30 PTI Police have launched a search for a man after his wife two teenage children and another relative were found dead inside their locked house here in Gujarat an official said on Wednesday The semi-decomposed bodies of Sonalben Gaekwad 37 her son Ganesh 17 daughter Pragati 15 and Sonalbens grandmother Subhadraben were found on Tuesday night in their house in Odhav locality of Ahmedabad It is suspected that they were stabbed to death a few days back the official said The incident came to light after Sonalbens mother Sanjuben approached the police saying she was not able to contact her daughter on phone and that the latters house was locked from outside Sonalbens husband Vinod Gaekwad is the main suspect in the case and efforts are on to nab him Deputy Commissioner of Police Achal Tyagi told reporters The suspect had called up his mother at his native place in Maharashtra to say that someone attacked his family and he escaped There is no evidence of an attack from outside It appears he told a lie to mislead everyone the official said Five police teams have been formed to investigate the case and gather evidence he said The police were also questioning Sanjuben Vinod had allegedly attacked her with a knife a few days ago over a property dispute the official said Vinod was angry as his mother-in-law had refused to transfer her house in her daughters name he said He used to have frequent fights with his wife after getting drunk But these are not enough reasons to kill his children the official said adding that at this stage they cannot rule out involvement of another person along with Vinod in the crime The suspects mother-in-law was in touch with him He misled her by saying that his wife and other family members had gone for a birthday party and will be back soon he said The suspects wife had invited her grandmother to their house and the latter was also among those found killed the police added PTI KA GK GK