Violence shattered family bonds in Palamu when a man, driven by marital woes, unleashed a knife attack killing his sasur and maiming his wife and salii. Friday’s outrage in Chhatarpur has police in hot pursuit of the absconding assailant.
Lavkush Yadav’s three-year marriage to Rita Devi crumbled post-wedding, stranding her at her Chhatarpur family home. Back from work travels, he confronted her at the parental house, urging her to reunite. Her steadfast no ignited the powder keg.
Words turned to blows as Lavkush wielded a knife against Rita. Sunil Yadav, the patriarch, waded in to separate them but met a merciless end from repeated stabs. Kavita Kumari, Rita’s sibling, bore the brunt intervening, slashed badly.
Sunil perished where he stood. Lavkush fled the blood-soaked premises. Chhatarpur cops responded promptly, processing the site, autopsy-bound the remains, and ferried survivors to Medinagar Medical College under critical watch.
Case registered, manhunt intensifies with raids underway. The episode exposes raw nerves in household disputes, urging interventions to avert such carnage in Jharkhand’s heartland.