Chhattisgarh awoke to a nightmare on Tuesday as a laborer returned from the city and unleashed hell on his neighbors with an axe, claiming three lives in a sleeping household. In Jhal village under Dongripali police, the savage predawn strike has ignited outrage and fear across Sarangarh-Bilaigarh.
Tulsi Sarthi, 26, targeted Kunwar Say’s family at 4:30 AM, hacking relentlessly with a tangia as they rested unaware. Death claimed two on-site and a child mid-journey to salvation; a pregnant survivor and kin teeter on the brink in intensive treatment.
Behind the barbarity lurks a five-year-old rift, police say, festering unchecked. Home mere days after hotel toil, Sarthi masked his intent with a forest alibi to his father, unleashing fury instead.
Neighbors’ frantic response to agonized yells unveiled apocalypse within: walls splashed crimson, innocence eviscerated by proximity’s curse.
Justice machinery sprang alive. Police and forensics swarmed, snaring the bolting perpetrator in a tactical net. Village sentinels now bolster security, evidence teams forge the case for maximum penalty.
Grief engulfs Jhal, a microcosm of rural vulnerability pierced by personal demons. This axe inferno demands not just arrests, but reflection on grudges that metastasize into murder, urging vigilance in every close-knit fold.